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1 TREATY AGAIN IS
BEFORE SENATE
GOVERNOR EDWARDS
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Office on F ia t «treet.
MORO,
Sherm an
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O regon,
K r id a y .
F ebruary
13, 19^0.
K iv e C e n t s
FRANKLIN K. LANE
Peace Pact Brought up For Con«
OREGON
sidération Monday; Bitter
Fight Forecast.
Dr. C. E. Gard
W ashington.—T he peace trea ty was
form ally brought back into the open
sen ate Monday, but as soon as p arlia­
Office io the Beak of Moro bwild-
m entary b a rrie rs to it» consideration
, inf. upttain.
had been rem oved it was put aside
again for a period of w aiting, which
MORO,
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OREGON
the leaders said would la st a t le a st a
week.
S uspending its Tules by a b ip a rtisa n
DR. W ALTER W. HART
m ajority of seven to one and virtually
without debate, the sen ate reconsider­
ed In sh o rt o rd er the action by which
ratificatio n failed on N ovem ber 19
and then, as a m a tte r of form ality,
Vogt Bldg.
sent th e trea ty to the foreign relations
com m ittee with in stru ctio n s to report
T H E D A LLE S . - O R E G O N
It back a t once with th è reserv atio n s
Edward I, Edw ards, th e new govsr- fram ed by the republicans a t the last
nor of New Jervsy, who w«s elected session.
jn a “wet" tic k e t
I Although prom pt agreem ent is ex­
« F ran k lin K. Lane, secretary of the
pected generally on m any of the m inor Interior, whose resignation has been
in m k ilim
I in n n
pointe at lstfQe, a long and b itter con accepted by P reeident Wilson.
D B . N 'T I S 'T
A t my Farm on the Kent Road
Four Miles South of Grass Valley
Thursday
D E N T IS T
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Or. C L. Poley
JnbANIZED LABOR
ENTERS POLITICS1
P h y s ic ia n a n d Surgeon.
M o ro , O reg o n .
O ffice in residence.
Residence phone M 72
Office phone 463
J. Cirhs Gbtrnley, 1 1
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office opp. Hotel Sherman
OREGON
WASCO,
Dr. FI. tlU ffi. 0 .1. T.
. EYE SPECIALIST
Washington— Organized labor, 3,000,-
000 strong, has thrown Its hat Into the
political ring.
Vigorously
denouncing
congress,
rhlch, It was said, “has failed to do
Its duty," the American Federation of
Labor announced the appointment of
a national non-partisan political cam­
paign committee which w ill mobilize
trade unionists and “nil lovers of free­
dom" in an effort to defeat candidates
indifferent or hostile to labor and to
elect “true and tried“ friends of the
trade-union movement.
Not waiting for the general election
In November, the campaign w ill be
started ftamedlately and pursued w ith­
out relaxation through the primaries,
In which. It Is stated, all aspirants for
office w ill have their records “ana­
lysed. stated In unmistakable language
and given ths widest possible public­
W ill visit Moro on regular schedule every
two weeks. Watch for announcement.
Deaths, 4432 Captured.-
Washington.— Corrected figures on
Tasualttoe 1st the Amffirican expedition­
ary forces published by the war de­
Hours by Appointment partment brought the total to 302,012,
Phone
instead of 293,001, as shown In figures
compiled from weekly reports furnish­
ed the press. The corrected total was
compiled by the adjutant general, after
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comparing his records with those from
France.
The difference was due primarily to
the Inclusion in the revised statistics
Oftce at Residence.
MORO, ORE. of the total number of cases of wounds
reported, Instead of the number of ln-
Uvldual soldiers receiving wounds- It
sometimes happened that a soldier was
wounded several times.
The correoted figures were 221,009
wounded, 77,118 deaths, 4432 captured
by the enemy and three missing in
action. Casualties in Siberia were not
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D R . C . H . IO H N S
Chiropractor
V u lc a n iz in g
Vulcanizing
Station
GUY CHAMNESS
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Oregon
W . N. JO N E S
A U T O T R U C K 'S
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Phone Main 314 M oro, Oregon
.Freight and Express
Handled Promptly. Moving
Efficiently Attended To.
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Included.
for repairs.
All work guaranteed.
SibscriptioD Orders Takci
For the
D a l ly O r e g o n ia n
D a ily J o u rn a l
t t v e n ln g T e l e g r a m
At the Observer'office, Moro.
Ground Gripper
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. Shoes
Oaa be « r ii n i by « a ll far
tbffi wbffiU fam ily.
atoo» aura shoe
store .
TROOPS REPULSE
KENTUCKY MOB
Lexington, Ky.— F o u r persons w ere
This program applies to all candi­
killed
and fifteen were wounded here
dates, from presidential nominees
Wickereham Optical Co., 617-181
U. S. CASUALTIES 302,614
Ionian
Oregon
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POR T L A N D . O R *E<
List Includes 221,068 Weunded, 77,118
Send your tire« and tubes to Wasco
Besides the o u tstan d in g issues of
the tre a ty fig h t th e m ost prom inent
subject of discussion am ong senators
was th e le tte r of P resident W ilson
laid before th e dem ocratic conference
xnd m ade public by S enator Hitchcock.
The p resid en t’s renewed declaration of
opposition to some of th e language of
the republican reservations were in te r­
preted in different ways.
A lthough’ the p resid en t’s le tte r was
w ritten before publication of the sta te ­
ment of V iscount Grey reg ard in g res­
ervations, In some q u arte rs it was sug­
gested th a t the le tte r would not have
been perm itted to become public if the
B ritish sta te sm an ’s views had resulted
In any change in th e p resid en t’s posi­
tion.
ity.”
down.
Railroads G uaranteed 5</2 P er Cent.
W ashington.—A ro tu rn of 6*4 per
fo n t on th e agg reg ate value of the
railroads would be guaranteed by the
governm ent for a period of two years
under an ag reem en t reached by the
senate and house conferees on the rail
road bill.
M eat Pack Five Billion.
Chicago.—T otal o u tp u t of tho m eat
packing in d u stry in the U nited S tates
'o r 1919, was estim ated a t m ore than
(0,000,000,000 in a sta te m en t given out
by the In stitu te of A m erican Moat
Packers.
T H E MARKETS.
Portland.
Oats— No. 8 white feed, >63 a ton.
Corn— Whole. >87; cracked. >69.
Hay— W illam ette valley , timothy,
120028 per ton; alfalfa, 031.60.
.Butter Fat—62 0 64c.
Bggs— Ranch, 42c per dozen.
P o u ltry —H ens, 28® 33c.
when a mob in ten t upon lynching W il­
liam L ockett, a negro, who confessed
to th e m u rd er of 10-year-old Geneva
H ardm an, charged the co u rt house
during L o ck e tt’s trial and was fired
upon by police and sta te tfoop«.
Two women w ere reported to be
am ong those shot by th e sta te troops.
The clash with the soldiers held off
the mob while th e au th o rities m an­
aged to slip the negro away to a place
of safety.
W hile th e mob, the ring-leaders of
which carried a rope, was attem p tin g
to get into the court house to get
Lockett, a jury found him guilty of
first degree m urder and a m inute or
two later the negro was se n ten c ed to
die in the electric chair March 11
Lexington and all of F ay ette county
w ere placed under m artial law by
Brigadier G eneral F. C. M arshall upon
his arrival from Camp T aylor w ith
300 troops of the first division.
Seattle.
Hay— Eastern Washington timothy,
>38 0 8 1 per ton; alfalfa, >36
Buttar Fat—-<8066o.
EVIDENCE AGAINST
I. W. W. OUTLINED
M ontesano, W ash.—The evidence on
which the prosecution will attem p t to
prove th e g uilt of th e 11 defendants
accused of m urder in connection with
the A rm istice day shooting a t Cen­
tralia was outlined by Herman Allen,
prosecuting a tto rn e y of. Lewis county,
in his opening sta te m en t to the Jury. >
T h at th e trag ed y was, the fruition
of a conspiracy laid weeks In advance,
and th a t th e firing upon the ex%ervtce
men was not in self-defense, but was
a p rem editated, m urderous assult, is
w hat th e sta te has declared it w ill
produce m any w itnesses to su b stan ­
tiate.
The'fciTea of
defendants, it has
been announced, la self defense.
An
effo rt will be m ade to show th a t
m em bers of th e A m erican Legion
“ru sh ed ” the I. W. W. hall In Cen­
tra lia before the radicals fired a shot.
T he state, In Its opening outlines of
the prosecu tio n ’s case, denied this and
declared th a t the v eteran s in the
p arad e w ere in line and m arking tim e
when rifle bullets thudded into the
bodies of Grimm an l o th e r com rades.
The tak in g of testim ony followed an
opening sta te m e n t for th e defense,
m ade by,G eorge F. V anderveer, I. W.
W. counsel.
V anderveer:« stat. m ent for the de­
fendants was a spirited plea of the
rig h t of self-defense, com bined with
an exposition of the alm s and p rinci­
ples of th e I. W. W.
“I exonerate now. and fo rev er after,
the Am erican Legion, as an organiza­
tion, from any responsibility,” w as one
sta rtlin g statem ent. He charged, with
vehem ence, th a t the C en tralia ch am ­
ber of com m erce fom ented th e class
strife th a t led to the A rm istice day
affair.
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BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
LANE
TO
RETIRE
MARCH
1
Two sets of delegates w ere elected
to
.the Chicago national convention
Both P resid en t and S ecretary E xpress
by the South Carolina republican s ta te
Regret a t Serving Relations-
W ashington.— P resid en t W ilson ac­ convention.
Money in circulation In the U nited
cepted, effective Mnrch 1, the resig n s
tion of F ranklin K. Lane, for nearly Staten on February am ounted to >5,-
846.000,000, an increase of >120,000,000
seven years secretAry of the Interior.
L etters exchanged betw een the presi­ in one year, th e trea su ry d ep artm en t
dent and S ecretary Lane, which were announced.
O klahom a delegates elected to the
made public, indicate th at good feel­
ing m arked the retirem ent. Both the national dem ocratic convention a t San
president and Lane expressed regret. Francisco were ph dged to support
Lane resigned, it is understood because S enator Robert L. Owen of O klahom a
it was necessary for him to earn more for the dem ocratic presidential noiniua
money than a cabinet officer’s salary. a tion-
E arl Burgess, a motion picture actor,
was inst^iyiy killed n ea r Los Angeles
KOREANS ATTACK JAP POST when he fell 700 f< et from an airplane
on which ho was perform ing in the
M ovement Said to Be Initiation of a
m aking of a comedy.
Big Rebellion.
Jan ies P erry and F ran k Johnson,
W ashington.—Official dispatches re­
rep resen tativ es of the Y. M. C. A.,
ceived here said a force of 2000 Kor­
w ere the Americans killed in the re­
eans, arm ed principally with equip­
cently reported attack by T u rk lst bri­
m ent furnished by the holshevlkl,
gands on a convoy of A m erican relief
Qrgssed into n o rth ern Korea from
supplies near Alntav in Syria, the
Kirin, M anchuria, and «Hacked a Ja p ­
state d epartm ent was advised.
an ese post of 700 men at night, killed
Conditions In M< xlco w ere described
300 of them and routed the re m a in d e r* *
as “ intolerable" by Oenernl Robert
According to these dispatches the
Lee Howze, com m ander of the El Paso
attac k was the Initiation of an active
district, v lu n lie t< stifled beforo tho
rebellion in Korea. It was described
sen ate sub t om m lttro In vestigating the
as the “beginning of a trem endous af­
Mexican situation at El Paso, Tex.
fair."
Cattle— Best steers, >11.60 ® 12-00 ;
good to choice, >11® 11.60; medium te
good, >9.60010.60.
Hogs— Prlipe mixed, >15.50010; me­
dium mixed, >15016.60; pigs, >13®16. U. 8. Court A ffirm s Albers Sentenc«.
Sheep— Eastern lambs, >16.60 017.60,
San Francisco.—The United S tates
valley lam be. >14.60 016.60; ewes, >10 circu it co u rt of appeals here affirm ed
011.
Feby 19th 1920
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haps a Tew o th e r tre a ty provisions.
a decision of the
of P ortland. Or.,
>10,000 and th ree
on H enry Albers,
er, on charg es of
espionage act.
federal d istric t court
im posing a fine of
y e a rs’ im prisonm ent
a Pacific coast m ill­
violating the federal
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Eggs— Ranch, 42® 46c.
Poultry—Hens, heavy, dressed, 43c;
light, 40o.
Hogs— Prime, >16016.60; mediuny
to choice, >16016; pigs, >12013.60.
Lloyd George Less H arsh on Germ ans.
London.—P rem ier Lloyd Gebrge Is
reported to favor a su b stan tial modi-
ficstlon of the list of G erm ans whoa«
Cattle— Best steers, >18.26011.TI;
halfara. UM ft. « t a t , (TOU.
surrender the allies demand, ths West
aUaator Q< m U> says.
Four milk cows, fresh
One G-cylinder Paige car, in good shape
Four tat hogs, weight 225
Eight ton good tim othy hay, baled
Three turkey liens
One lG-disc Superior grain drill
Three wagons
One 2-seated farm hack
One 3! inch Mitcln wagon
One 31 inch Mitt icll wagon
One
inch high wheeht' wagon
Harness for 1G head of horses
A few carpenter tools
One water tank
Some household goods
One low down pump with good hose
One washing machine
1 wo 2-bottom IG-inch Moline plows, new
Lot of double trees,-chains and bitches
One 24-foot wood harrow with «art, new
Other things too num erous to m ention
TWENTY HEAD OF HORSES
One bay mare, 5-year old, weight 1400
One brown gelding, G-yr old, weight 1600
bay mare, 4-year old, weight 1400
brown marc, 7-year old, weight 1(500
One brown gelding,-6-yr old, weight 1550
One brown gelding. 3-vr old wi nd*» I PX»
bay mare, 8-year old, weight 1500
One brown gelding 3 -\r
bay gelding, (5-year old, weight 1550
One soivull saddle horse, age i..wi 12(41
grey gelding, 5-year old, weight 1450
"One brown saddle horse, nge G, wt 1200
grey geld.inj
One buckskin saddle mare, ago 7. wt 1100
id. w.
l-year old, weight 1450
hay gelding, 5-year oh weight 1550
One race horse known by name Lick-ki I lei
hay geldinj
Four yearling colts
G-year old, weight 1G00
Free Lunch at Noon
T e r m s : All s u m s of $20 a n d u n d er, cash ; all s u m s
over $20, b an k ab le note due O ctober 1st, 1920, o r five
per cent discount for c a sh .
C . G . H u is , A u c t i o n e e r
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M . O ’B r ie n , C le r k .
N. H am m on s, O w n er
N avy’« Great Airship Hangar.
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The navy Is purchasing Its first rigid
airship In England at a cost of >2,590,-
000. To bouse It a huge hangar Is to
bo proofed nt* Lakehurst, N. J., which
will ho soo feet long, 205 foot wide,
and will have a clear inside height of
171 feet, while tho total height from
tho ground to the peak of tho roof will
ho over 200 foot. The stool fram e­
work will bo over fl.OOtbtons. Two ele­
vators and several stairw ays will lead
to the roof. The many shops neces­
sary for the m aintenance of the air­
ships will be built In between tho
groat arched trusses that support the
roof. Three railroad tracks will run
the entire length of the building. The [• P i
hangar will ho large enough to hold
one ship of 10,000,000 cubic fe<R ca­ 4 - M - 1 I 1 I l- l- l -l- I H-4-1-1-4 4-1-I- I -1-;
pacity, ami a sm aller one at each side,
or two 5,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 cubic feet ships side
by side.—Scientific American.
Loggers Use Electricity.
A lumber compufty" cutting timber
from one of the national forests has
Installed over a mile of electric tran s­
mission line through' the woods to sup­
>1 Day Urged for “Vets.”1'
ply an electric logging engine with
W ashington.—Every m an serving in power. It Is planned ultim ately to use
the war would get a world w ar veteran electricity to f the entire camp. Cur­
bond, worth >1 for every day in service rent Is developed at d ie 'm ill. Since
and bearing Interest at 4% per cent, many forest fires sta rt from logging
under a bill Introduced by R ep resen ts equipment and camps, the government
foresters regard the Introduction of
tlvo Osborne, republican, California electrical equipment with much favor.
Tho i;.mo would
lim ited to >1,600,-
Practical Economy.
000,000.
"W ife ever get on ecnnothtcal
Streak I”
Demoer;
Against U niversal T raining.
“ She does. Only this summ er she
n. — Ilona« dem ocrats in figured out she could save >S,ln one
Washo:,'» ( -n.
caucus re.«*: ted P resid en t W ilson's ad week by doing her own housework."
vice and went on record by a vote c?
“IIpw d ld .lt work oui7"
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“She got a cook book. 1 got dys­
106 to IX m opposed tQ universal mili­
pepsia and the doctfcr got the I&’*—
tary training.
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Lots of collars
S pecial R ates
NEW HOTEL PERKINS t
Fifth and Washington Sts.
P O R TLA N D , ORE.
Room with privilege of bath, tingle,
75c up; double $1.00 up
Room with private hath, tingle $1.50
up; double $2.00 up.
Auto Meett Praint. Street cart from
Uni<ap Depot patt our doort.
Transfer at 5th and Glitan street! from
North Bank Depot.
W H E N YOU
TRAVEL
BY AUTO
A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S
STORE
YOUR
CAR
In the concrete, tully equipped, roomy Hririi*»
u r '*’
ther-Williams Company. Competent workman always reau>
to help you in any way they can at least expense
you.
For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable.
WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGf
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