BRYAN IS RIGHT; NATION'S BUDGET SHELDON DRAWS
PROHIBITION NOW FOR NEXT YEAR S
k NATIONAL ISSUE BILLION DOLLARS AWARDEDjACKSON
New Year Dawns Witt) Tacit Admis
sion by Politicians That Prohibi
tion Is Livest Issue at Present
Session Little Chance of Bill
Passing Wet or Dry Issue in 1920
WASHINGTON, ,lan. 10. The new
year dnwns with the liifit admission
by politicinns tliat prohibition is now
a live national is
sue ('ik llryun was riftht.
iSr,'"- -h Prohibition is
Hie livest issuo at
the present session
of congress, not
excepting; our old
Iriend, II. C. of h.
The senate, has
done little else ex
cept to debate the
Sheppard bill for
niakiii" the nation's capital dry.
ccuples llotli Houses.
On the house side tho constitu
tional nmendincnt is to the front. The
judiciary committee has reported this
to the house lor its consideration.
They failed to make consideration
without recommendation.
Their report "'passed the buck"
first to the rules committee and sec
ond to the individual members. The
amendment cannot come before the
house without n special dispensation
from the rules committee, and it is to
this body the prohibitionists will turn
their attention now. Probably Rep
resentative Henry and his associates
will be clad to "pass the buck" again
to the house and the members of the
house, who hope to escape nn cmbur
rassinjr vote, will be obliged to go on
record one way or tho other.
l'ass It on to States.
To say the prohibition amendment
will pass congress would be a .Very
during prediction. It takes a two
thirds vote in both houses to propose
n constitutional nmondmcnt. -
At the same time, prohibition has
jieconie such an important political
issue that it may be determined ns the
wise policy of one or both parties to
pass it on to the states, which would
he the effect of. proposing a consti
tutional amendment. ' . "
Then the prohibitionists would have
to transfer their activities to the state
legislatures and make wiiinini? cam
paigns in three-fourths of the states
before the liquor traffic would be
abolished by constitutional prohibi
tion. The Anti-Saloon league professes
to believe that help rather than op
position may be expected from the
white house.
O'lonel llryun thinks prohibition
will he the bit; partv issue in 1!'20.
lie evidently, therefore, does not look
lor the passage of the amendment
or iU ratification if passed before
that date. ' He thinks that if the dem
ocrats neglect to seize the Issue they
may lie beaten to it by iho republi
can party.
El
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. A total of
$1 19.0st.45 will be returned to the
several counties of the state from the
motor vehicle fund, according to a
statement made today by E. G. Pat
erson, manager of the automobile
department of the secretary of state's
office.
Distribution or these funds to the
counties and receipts from the South
ern Oreson counties are as follows:
Curry, receipts, 23, cost of 11
censes, etc., (19, balance to county
tm; Douglas, $3,434. expense $616,
balance to county, $:,S18; Jackson
$5,906; expense, $1,060; refund
$4,846; Josephine. $1,769; expense
$317, refund $1,4."1: Klamath
$2,917, expense. $523, refund, 2,393;
Lane, $5,1,65, expense, $1,052, re
fund, $4.12.
Jackson county ranks fourth in the
state in number of autos, being ex
ceeded oaiv by .Multnomah, Marlon
and Umatilla.
1 1 NKH.W- NOTICK.
The funeral of Kminett Heeson will
be held at the family residence on
Wagner creek at 2:. Hi p. m. Thurs
day. The funeral will be In charge
of Ashlan.l lodge Xo. 914 II. P. O.
K . and will be private. Interment
will lie In Stearns cemetery.
l or Sale.
Safe. 2 show rases, side cases, 1
T---ulator. 1 roll top desk. J. W.
Diamond, (lie Jeweler. U'6 E. Main.
0:uwiGaiUt
liTFPFQRD
Bigger 'Army and Navy Account for
Greater Part of Increase Fiscal
Year to Show Shortage of Hundred
Million Additional Taxes and Sale
of Panama Bonds.
liy OII.SON GAliDXKli.
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 10. Uncle '
Saul's budget for nex; year will be
approximately a billion dollars. It U
a gToVfujS budget, and the following
year it will be n billion, three hundred
million. The bigger army and navy
aueount for the greater totals.
The past fiscal year sriw nil "bills
paid Oiit of regular revenues and
about tarty million dollars margin in
the general fund. It is estimated by
Scorclarv of tho Treasury McAdoo
that the fiscal year which ends June
30, 1917, will sec n deficit of about
a hundred million and that at the end
of the 1918 fiscal year the deficit
will be nbont three hundred millions.
To meet these deficits the authori
ties 1lan to sell Panama canal bonds
and to put on some additional taxes
perhaps on coffee, rubber and wool.
The above figures do not include
(he postoffien receipts and expendi
tures. That department pays for lt-
lf and generally shows n balance
to the good.
- Cost of Government.
The expenditures from the generul
fund for the Inst fiscal year were as
follows:
:- For civil establishment, $204,048,-
737.01; military establishment, $122,
.192,382.98; soldiers' homes, cemeter
ies, etc., ifll,7!)2,!)12.14; rivers niid
harbors, $32,450.301.55 ;. for naval
establishment, irl.")f,020,42.'.78; In
dian service, $17,570,283,81 ; pensions
,fl 09,302,351.20 r interest on public
debt, $22,900,313.03; Panama canal.
$17,503,728.07; for miscellaneous,
$1,010,310,50:. ... Total, .. $741,906,
726.07. . . ; ; . .
In the above table it is interesting
to nolo that -the expenditure., for
pensions exceeds what was spent on
the active military establishment. In
other words, the government is pay
ing more each year on account of the
civil war fought fifty-three years
ago than it is for maintaining an army
for present use. These figures are
for the fiscal year which closed June
30, 1916, and do not include tho cost
oX the militia mobilization on the
Mexican border.
liaising of lteveiHic
This money was raised from the
following sources;
Customs, $213,185,815.63: internal
revenue ordinary, $303,486,474.04;
emergency taxes, $8 1,278,302.13 ; cor
poration income tax, $56,993,557.98;
individual income tax, $67,943,591.63;
sale of public lands, $l,887,6i)1.80:
mint service, $4,354,613.12; Panama
canal tolls, $2,869,995.28; miscellane
ous, $47,534,403.10. Total, $782,
534,547.77. Secretary McAdoo figures on more
nioucy in the next two years. Ho es
timates that the individual iucomc tax
will yield $111,750,000 and the cor
poration tax $133,000,000. He boosts
the customs revenues also to $230,.
000,000 in his mind. In 1918 the
secretary expeets to have $1,700,000,-
OUO to spend; on the heels of which
he will borrow $300,000,000 to meet
the deficit.
If pence comes nnd the naval pro
gram is reduced this great outlay will
not be required.
CARS 10 ADVANCE
An Increase of $00 In the price of
the Chevrolet "four-ninety' .model
becomes effective January 15.
Continued Increase In the cost of
materials and labor has forced this
raise In the price, although it was
announced a short time ago that
there would be no advance in the
price of the Chevrolet.
"We held off until the last min
ute," declared President DeVaux,
"hoping that something would occur
to make an advance In price unneces
sary, but it is now apparent that the
high tide of material prices has not
been reached and we had to act.
"I'p to January 15 our dealers will
receive orders for the 'four-ninety' at
the present price, but with the close
of business January 15, the price ad
vances $60.
"The raise Is only sufficient to ab
sorb the Increase In the cost of ma
terials that go into the Chevrolet
cars. It was a case of either reduce
the quality and Fave the price, or
save the quality and Increase the
price. We hnve saved the quality."
MTj; T1NTWKK MEDFOD. ORKIiOV. AVKDNKSDAY. .TANTAWV ID.
SA1.KM, Or., Jan. in. Kcpioen
tative Sheldon of Jack-on county is
chairman of tho house committee on
expositions and fairs and a member
of the following committees: Educa
tion, mining and revision of laws. He
was the only Jackson county repre
sentative to draw a chairmanship.
Mr. Gore is a meinbnr of the following
committees : Capitol building and
grounds, forestry nnd conservation,
and roads and highways. Thomas is
a member of the committees on fish
eries, horticulture and niaiiufacturiiig.
The following is the list of commit
tees: Agriculture Cartmill, Klgin, Cor.
nelius, Hodgcii, Meek.
Alcoholic traffic Anderson, El
more, Brown, Laffcrty, Mntthicu.
Assessment and taxation Lewis,
Ilowman, Porter, Elmore, Eaton.
Bankings Ititner, Corbett, Hcd
man, Port wood, Stephens, Uclland,
,Ehuore.
Capitol building and grounds S.
Jones, Crandnll, flore.
Cities and towns Brownell, Bean,
Mueller,
Clnims Barber, Burton, Portwood.
Commerce and navigation Howe,
Schimpf, Holland, Corbett, Peck.
Corporations Martin, Cartmill,
Gordon, Crandnll. W. B. Jones.
Counties Stephens, Lewis, Forbes,
Peck, Griggs.
Education La f forty, Gordon,
Ilodgen, Sheldon, Thompson.
Elections Lunger, Uoode, W. B.
Jones, Small, Gordon.
. . Expositions nnd Fall's.
Expositions and fnirs Sheldon,
Fuller, Laurgnard, Willett, S. Jones.
Engrossed bills Brown, Child's,
Cnllan.
Enrolled bills Bowman, Porter,
Ashley.
Fisheries Bellnud, Tichenor, An
derson, Sweeney, Mann, Cnllan,
Thomas. ' ,
Food "and dairy products Meek,
Cartmill, Porter, Cornelius, Tichenor.
Forestry and conservation Fuller,
Lnfferty, ltowe, Gore, Brand.
Game Corbett, Ititner, Ashley.
Burdick,' Brand.
Health and public mo nils Elmore,
Thompson, Stott, Goodc, Burton.
Horticulture Portwood, Lunger,
1 nomas, Schimpf, Griggs.,
Iiiiraigration Clark, Brownell, V.
B. Jones-, Tichenor, Goodc.
Insurance MacKay, Barber, Mar
tin, Callan, S. Jones.
Irrigation Lnurgaard, Ilodgen,
Sweeney, Clark, liurdiek.
Judiciary Forbes, Bean, Lewis,
Martin, Small, Brownell, Elgin.
I in I Kir nnd Industries.
I-abor nnd Industries Dolman,
Matthieu, Cornelius, Eaton, Belland.
Livestock Porter, Portwood, Ash
Icy, Forbes, Bedman.
Manufacturing V. Al Jones, Ful
ler, Gordon, Peck, Thomas.
Medicine, pharmacy nnl dentistry.
Matthieu, Anderson, Dcdmnn,
Stafrin, Sweeney.
Military affairs Willett, Stafrin,
MacKny, Mueller, Tichenor.
Mining Sweeney. Mann, Cartmill,
Mueller, Sheldon.
Printing Griggs, Mann, Kubli,
Brand, Crandall.
Public institutions Stafrin, Bean,
Thompson, Burton, Goodc.
Public lands Hodgen, Fuller.
Small, Crandnll, Childs.
Itailways and transportation Cnllan,-Willett,
Barber, Mueller, W. Al
Jones.
Resolutions Burdick, Stott, Itit
ner, Lewis, W. Al Jones.
Ilevlsion of Ijiws.
Revision of laws Stott, Mueller,
MacKay, Sheldon, Bowman, Thomas,
Burdick.
Rules and joint rules Thompson,
Forbes, Cullun, Corbett, MacKny.
Iioads and highways Schimpf,
Lnurgaard, Clark, Ititner, Sweeney,
Gore, Brown.
Salaries Elgin, Lunger, Meek,
Eaton, Cornelius.
Ways and means Kubli, Childs,
Clark, ltowe, Stephens, Ashley, W. Al
Jones.
MADRID, Jan. 10.--The king's re.
newal of confidence in the Hoinannncf
ministry has produced an excellent
impression, the more so as it was onlv
given after the sovereign had con
sulted the hiilie-t pers-onnges in the
country who were unanimous in ad
vising the retention of the government
in power. Premier Romanones was
actuated in a-king rc-indorsemi nl of
the royal confidence by the violent
enmpniens recently earned on against
him. The coveniment i now believed
to have nil the prestige necessary to
face the exterior and interior prob
lems. Parliament will reconvene on
January 25.
CONFESSES TO
MANY
LOS AN'UKLKS. Cel., Jan. 10.
Jack Baudlarlan. arrested for passing
worthless checks, has confessed, ac
cording to tho police, that ho and Al
bert J. C. 1 1 f fit li. n Los Angeles po
liceman, charged with a $3S,000 ex
press wagon robbery here, were the
men wanted for the killing of Drew
B. Mllllgan two months ago, and that
they held up eight stages near San
Diego and committed other crimes
here. Griffith has not corroborated
the alleged confession.
Mllllgnn was shot nnd killed No
vember 27, after he was. hold up
and robbed. Circumstantial evidence
caused tho police to question Griffith
concerning tho crime, but he denied
knowledge of It. Duudlarlan alleged
Griffith fired the shot which killed
.Mllllgan.
flaudlariun was taken Into custody
at his apartments In the Alexandria
hotel, where he was spending his
honeymoon with a girl of good fam
ily who declared sho was Ignorant of
her husbaud's "business. ' The mnn
was reputed a "millionaire," by those
about the hotel, who were familiar
with his luxurious living.
Griffith was arrested hore for
holding up and rolibing, unaided, an
express wagon In the downtown dis
trict and carrying off gold and se
curities amounting to $3S,000.
some
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NEW YOltK. Jan. 10. The unifi
cation of the Serbian race will be the
principal demand of Serbia at the
close of the war, suys Llaubomire M.
.Mihallovltch, newly appointed Scr
who Is here todap on his way to
who Is lire today on Ills way to
Washington. "Serbia's ambition,"
Minister .Mlhnllovltch said, "Is to see
u consolidation of the Slavs of the
south."
Tho damnnds of Serbia, he con
tinued, will necessarily Include the
reclamation of Serbian Macedonia,
now hold by Bulgaria. He saw lit
tlo hope for friendly relations be
tween Serbia and Austria and a re
sult of the accession of Kmperor
Charles to tho throne of Francis Jos
eph. The Serbian minister denied that
any of blfl countrymen felt they had
boen neglected by their allies when
the Germans ovorran tliulr country.
"It Is undeniable," suld he, "that
all we allies are wishing for peace,
but a peace which will be on a basis
of justice and freedom. Wo have
full confidence In tho ultimate re
sult, so much tho more so because all
neutrals are sure to be on our side,
which Is fighting for Justice nnd for
tho freedom of all great or small
states."
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then drop into the shop on
the next corner an ask for
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smoker has told us so. Before you
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the variety American pipe smokers have
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OF
T
I.ON'DOX, Jan. 10. Dr. (Justav
Stresemunn. Uerinan national liberty
deputy. In a speech at Hanover on
Sunday, declared that Germany must
emerge from the war in possession of
the Flemish coast, uccording to an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Times.
Dr. Streseinann snld that Germany,
although the second strongest eco
nomic power In the world nnd poss
essing the second strongest merchant
fleet had not a slnglo naval support
ing point to servo for defense In war
times. "This war has annihilated our
world trade," he Is quoted lie saying,
"we havo forfolted our colonies nnd
our cruiser squudron is lost. If
therefore, the war ended without
something of our former situation al
tered the consequences for us would
bo the collapse of our national econo
my, because tho German merchant
would not again risk seeing all that
ho had created collapse the day after
a declaration of war by England. It
peace la concluded without Germnny
possessing the Flemish const Kngland
Is the winning nnd wo are tho losing
Bldo. A neutral Belgium Is an histor
ical Impossibility after this war."
Dr. Streseinann added that with
out tho future possibility of march
ing through Belgium the Germans
must fight tho next war on tho
Rhino nnd not In France. He said
One Pound
Glass
Humidors
V'XCIV, TIlltKR
they looked for German peace, not
one under the protection of a, world
peace alliance. Such an alliance, he
maintained, meant u new Algiers con
gre.s at which Germany would havo
against her not only her present ene
mies but a world of lieutruls.
In the concluding part of hia
speech Dr. Streseinann laid emphasis
on the Increasing importance of sub
:marlnes. He said that their full em
ployment would raise the monthly
toll of tonnage from half a million
to a million tons. This, he said,
would not only strike England In her
economic nerves but would mean
ifamlne for the English population.
The speaker drew enthusiastic ap
plause when he exclaimed:
"Out with the U-Bonts."
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it, pour through a swve and drink a
teacup full at) any time during tho
day or Vfor0 retiring. It in tho moat
ctlVetivo way to break a cold and euro
grip, as it opens tlio pores of tho skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus bieukig up a cold.
Try it tlio next tituo you suffer from
a cold or tlw grip. It is Inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore eafe
and harmless.
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timber upi liec a 25 cent bottle
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lisui uway.
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Athland at 9:00 a. ni. and 1:00, 8:00
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