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PAOE STX LITTLE NAINS E FOR LIBERTY Oppressed Nations Organize at Wash Ington Finland, Serbia, Poland and Belgium Included Finland as Much Tyrannized by Russia as Belgium by Germany. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Hccently there wan organized in this city the League of Oppressed Nations. There nro fourteen natinnu represented in tho organization, one being Ireland. Tho principal onos ore Finland, Pol and, Sorbin and Belgium. "Madame Aino Mulmborg, the well-known Finn ish novelist, has been talking for her country. Her talk is a suiritrd in dictment ot' Hussin. Madam Malm- berg speaks from experience m well itn observation. She, with three fit her women of I falsing foro, were arrested bv Hussian officials and spent many days in jail. "YUiy was 1 arrested: sac v.x claimed. 'I wish 1 knew. An appeal was made to Petrograd and a prompt reply eame thai the- arrests would be investigated. The investigation lias continued for eight years, but' the mystery is still unexplained. I was released with one of the other women, but the other two are now in Siberia. Tyranny In Finland. "Fifty-two of the leading judges uf our courts are in Siberia eharged with nothing more serious than de ciding eases according to the Finnish law. More than half the editors of Finnish newspapers are in Siberia and all freedom of press and speech lias been killed by the censorship. Hut the greatest blow is the decree lulling our educational system. The percentage of illiteracy in Finland is less than 'J per cent. Hut now Itits sia has decreed that our language even must be replaced by the Italian language this even in the primary grades. Our nationality is to be wiped out. "When tho present war began Fin land was in a condition of being tem porarily let alone. We had suffered oppression, but it had been somewhat abated. There were conferences as to whether Finland should lake any part in the war, and inuucdialelv after the conferences an imperial decree was issued from 1'etrogrnd sweeping nway every vestige of liberty or pol itical autonomy Finland hail enjoyed. And i will pause to say that in Fin land we had woman suffrage and proportional representation. It was a very democratic, a verv representa tive government. Now there is Kms sian terrorism. Deportations by Hussta. "There are deportations from Fin land. We hear a great protest about tho deportations of Helgians. Only a few days ago -I have sources of information in spite of the eensov ship tho Hussian otticials went through the factories and offices in Helingsfore, picking out mm at ran dom. They were loaded into a train of cars- five box cars crowded as close as they could stand, and taken (somewhere nobody knows where. ''There arc brutal killings of tin men and women. lieifiemher. the na tion is iibsnluloly unarmed. 1'usmhu officials eome and took every weapon and every curt ridge when this op pression first began several years ago. In was informed that fiflv wo men in my city had recently MiflVred violent deaths at the hamU of the Kussitin officials, 1 aked a friend who is recently arrived trom Finland and she says mibl rc Ue the num ber. It is nearer fiOO. Nci.eil In Streets, 'I have a girl friend in lleliu-ion-who was forcibly seized on the Mieet by officers from a Kusmuii ship, bun dled into a taxicab and taken to the ship. This girl happily w:ts re-cued, ltnt another girl who was sitting on n park bench with her finnee n;is drag ged off and her mutilated hodv V;ts found the following day. Her fiance, who was knocked on the head, is im in an itiMiiie asylum. 'We hear in this country about the 'birth of a new soul in Ktis-ia. That is n joke. Tt is pleasant for tho-e whose sympathies are st rongly w ith the allies to believe that even liu-sia with hrr black past is now a white nul burning for freedom. Io not be deceived. Kussin is KuMa, and the stream of patriots to Siberia is still! unchecked. j Utile -Nation-, llelplrs. j "Our little nations arc helpless. We fun do nothing for oar-elves. That is why we are in the Tinted States try ing to tell our story- or just a little part of our story, lor the greusome details cannot be and the lull story would be too long. I'uii we hope tit inifrest the givaie-t of the neutral lull inns, so that hen the linn- come-. E BUT FAIL TO Eloquent Appeals for Downtrodden Sportsmen by Jackson County Statesmen in Behalf of Thomas Bill Make the Capitol Dome Reverberate Charges and Accusations. SAM'M, Or., Feb. 1. The lioguo river fishing bill, the perennial bom of contention in the Oregon legisla ture, went down to defeat in the house yesterday morning by two votes after A morning long session of heated ora tory, charge and countcr-eliarges of unduo inllucncc and financial pres sure and insidious lobbying. When the vote was announced, showing 2l for the bill, two short of the majority necessary to carry it, Ihoman ol Jackson county, who had led the fight for the bill, changed his vote to no, for tho put'Hse f reconsideration. In the debate on the issue, Mr. Hol land, chairman of the fisheries com mittee, opened by explaining the bill which he stated was a coinproiuist bill. Tlehenoi- for itill. Mr. Tichenor of furry stated tha; it would be a waste of words to tall: on the bill, that every one was familial- with it and had already made lip their minds how to vote. He urged its passage, stating that it was a lo cal issue and favored at the mouth of the river. Sweeney of Josephine spoke, stat ing that it was not the'desire to in jure the commercial fishing industry at the mouth, and that the bill as drafted did not do this, but that on tiie oilier hand it gave more people a chance to make a living fishing, and took away the monopoly that now ex ists. He slated that the T'ogue river was one of Oregon's greatest assets and that the state should npprciale this and make tho river attractive to all. lie staled that ho occupied the position of being between both fac tions and that in his opinion and the people id' his distinct this bill was a solution of the problem. roi"0 and Sheldon. frore of Jackson took the floor. stating that no one wanted to legis late the commercial fishermen out of business- but the interests at the .noiifli of the river want to take ev erything, and urged that the legisla ture give the upper river a little con sideration. Sheldon of Jackson next spoke, slating that people from every sec tion in which the river is located are unanimously in favor of the passage of this bill. He dwelt on the value of the liogue river as a tourist attrac tion, and that it was not the sports men alone who were being considered in the bill. He slated that the liogue Uivor valley is just coming into its own ns a tourist center nnd that the river had a national reputation which attracted many people to it as being one of the best fishing st reams in the world. He urged the passage of the bill, ami also stated that in sn do- ing it would not cripple the iudus try at the mouth of the river. Callan Opposes Hill. Callau of Multnomah was the next speaker and he stated that he was opposed to the bill, as the issue was the "angh rs and sportsmen v ersus the commercial fishermen." He eriti-cisi-d Mr, Hnflinglon, who, he stated, had come here to lobby in behalf of the hill, stating that it was a political i-.ue with Mr. Hnflinglon. Thomas Advocates ltill. Thomas spoke for almost no hour in defense of the hill, lie said: "We are here following out the usual pro gram of southern Oregon to advocate a measure we have been consistent I v advocating' since the year 1S7-, and we will still he advocating it at every session until tt is finally settled." The opposition, he staled, is mi sur prise. The people of southern Ore gon kiinw full well the influences that are being exerted to defeat the bill, new -paper a fter newspaper having been used to assist in its defeat. 'l believe I appear before an honest body of men and that ymi will con sider this bill on its merits. 1 am en titled to fnirncsr, and I demand on behalf of southern Oregon that yon suporl this bill. There is no law at the mouth of the river there has been no justice ndmini-ter M there. of which your President Wilson speaks, and when the pence proposals are under consideration, the Failed Slates may raise its voice for the lit tle oppressed nations. The president has voiced his sym pathy already in hi- speech to the senate and at that we are y really ie-; jotced ; but the euntrv iisu-t Know- j the whole world ui'i-t know nnd hel to uisi-i on a in-t settment when tin 1 iti.tl s,- (IcmeDl come-." ORATORY PASS FISH LAW MEDFORP MATH TRJI1UXK, These little kidilics take n snow bath every day. The picture show- tire tuberculosis patients at the J. X. Adam Memorial hospitul, I'crrv.slnn sun bath, then turned loose for a sno.v romp. and on account of its remoteness doubt if there ever will be one inter est has controlled matters nt the mouth of the river, and until these conditions are changed these condi tions will never be remedied," stated Mr. Thomas. Xnmcrous instances of violations were cited. Ilrouglil in Millions. ''You people here wonder why we of the liuup Ilivcr valley ore so vilully interested in this measure. Let me tell you that in five minutes 1 and several others sat down and figured up where over three nnd a half mil lion dollars that had been invested in our country had come directly from portsmen who had come to our sec tion solely because of tho fine sports enjoyed in the Kop;uc river. "The people of southern Oregon went before the state with a measure to close the Rogue river to commercial fishing, and at this election a major ity of l."),000 people went on record to lose the river but the legislature has ignored tho wishes of our peo ple." Asked by Mr. Callau if his political future did not depend on this bill, Mr. Thomas replied, statins that "No per son could or would dare run for of fice if he was not heartily in favor and went on record' its lieiiifr in favor of better legislation for the liopue river." Trek OpKscs Hill. IVek of Coos was next to speak, stating that he was opposed to the bill, lie took issue with Mr. Thomas and staled the opposile side of the controversy, the hampering of the salmon industry thereby occasioned. Grinds of Ilouxlns declared that those who are in favor of encouraging monopolies will vote for the defeat of the bill, and those who have the best interests of the slate at heart will vote for the nieasure, and that he was Roinfr on record as voting tor the passage of the bill. Corbctt of Multnomah spoke in op position lo the bill and stated that I'oitluml was ita1ly interested in cn coni'ac.ine; industries throughout the state, and he did not want to ee any one legislated out of business. Sweeney of Josephine closed the debute. He said that by the pas-ai:,. of tliis- bill the greatest number of people woidd be served and appealed to the members to vote iti the inter ests of the majority of the people. I'pon the result being annnun 1, Mr. Thonia:c hanged hi- vote lo "no," -o as to ask for a reconsideration of the lull. 'flic vote was a follows: Yeas Anderson, Item, I'cll.ind. 1'ouuiun, llrund, Ilurlon, Urdman, I K.itiMi. Klinnre. (imnle, (nirdoti, "inn rif:i;. Jones Seymour, .Inner V;ilt It.. LallVrt I.aurannl, Lewis, Liu"-." v, Mueller, Purler, Portwnod. h'tlm-r, S'l.-Uon, Stat'rin, Sweeney, T!mniMiii, Tiehennr 2S, Xjivs - A-li!ey, Iliirher, I'mwn, ItroMnell. Itiirdiek, Cnlhtn, CurtmiM, Chillis, Hark. trbett, Cornelius, Fuller. HnoVes, V. Al .lone-, Kuhli. Maekay, Mann. Mm tin, Ma t Ihien, Meek, Peek, Kmve. Sehiuinl T, Smnll, Stephens Ntott, 1 hoiiias Stanl'icld 'Jti. AlMnt Klein, Forbe : Kxi'ibfil Crnndnll. Willed, U-BOAT THREATS PAIilS, Feb. 1- The .vntral eom mitti'e of Kieneh shipowner intnnued (he A-Mieiated Pre i heu liennaii nliumi ine tllilt the li-v will iin eh.i'i-e what lj 'iu 'i a rift-, mt in -a limy MKDTOTH), OREOOX. TlH'lfSDAV, TTOlil.TAL'V I KIDDIES BATHE IN SNOW EVERY ESTATE OF H,B00 LEFT BY MRS. WILSON I'OIiTLAXI), Keb. I. An estate valued nt between $2iiO,000 and :t00,00 was lelt by the lale Mis. Caroline K. Wilson, widow of li. I!. Wilson, who died January 23, accord ing to a petition for probate of the will filed in the county court yester day. To two unmarried daughters, .Misses Virginia and Clementine Wil son, are left ten valuable lots in lJ4 ia I .... L kzt-il lite K . ::. . ouon noo.tion, togeilier witn tnej,n a tel.so noto whlch informed the home they occupied Willi their mother i,riin vr,mmt.nt that it u-n inkon nt the time of her death. Also thes daughters share equally with the oilier children in the remainder of the estate. The heirs are: Dr. Moll C. Wilson, Dr. George Wilson, Mrs. Mary V. Horns, Mrs. Mary Louise l.inthicinn. Misses Virginia nnd Clem entine Wilson, 'all of Portland, and Uobeit lliuce Wilson of Medford. U. S. ISSUES WARNING (Contlnuod From Page One.) The new crisis, however, brings new dangers to the very e'mres of Hie United States where a score or more of German and Austrian ships have been laid op since the beginning of the war and where several German com merce raiders are interned. Nepoits of ships being armed sc creliv for a dash to sea, of plots lo sink them al iheir wharves or to block American harbors by destroying Ihein in the channels have been un der investigation for many monlhs. American officials arc not con vinced that Germany's announcement of a cauiiiaign of ruthlessness re veals the entire situation. There have becu iut inia lions of dissension IcImccii the entente allies, of which, however, have been officially iletiii'il, ami liieic are other circuin slances which have come into posses sion of the American government, but a:c a. -I being disclosed, which give ground lor the possibility thai Hie Guccf-ss of & New Remedy for Backache, Kidneys, Rheumatism. Virr Utr. FtUtor I sufferod for yp.ira Triih Imi'knche. Last Murcli I tried n,A mii-iii"' ami liave used this new kid ney medicine, recently discovered by lr. Pierce, and it was wonderful the wrv it cased tho pain nnd gave tna rSief in such a short time. I have tried several medicines, but "Annric" irt tlit i tik' mm t.hut. ciivn ant iKfnrtinn. 'I (eel it my duty to recommend "Amnio Tablets "to any one who suffers as i uui. ( Signed) Mks. Margaret E. Snider, Note: Folks in town nnd adjoining counties are delighted with the results they have obtained by usinn!MiYfi'7C," the newest discovery of Dr. Pierce, who is head of the Invalids' Hotel md Si'rc.icat. Institt'te, in Buffalo, N. Y. Those who started the day with a back ache, stitt legs, arms nnd muscles, ami on aching head (worn out before the day besan because they were in and out of bed half a dozen times at night ) are appreciating the perfect reet, comfort and new strength they obtained from Dr. Pierce's Amiric Tablets. To prove that this is a certain uric acid solvent and conquers headache, kidnev and hhiditiir iii5(Muq nnd rheumatism. if ! vmi've never used the "Amine,' cut this out and send ten cents to Doctor Pierce for a large simiple package. This will prove to you that "Amine" is ( thirty -ieven times more active than liiliui in eliminating uric acid and the most perfect kidney and bladder cor rector. If you are a sufferer, go to your best dru?iist and ask for a 50-cent box i "Amine." You run no risk t-.r Dr. Pierce's good name stands behind this wonoertul new discovery as it bus for tiie past bait, ccuiury for his "(iolden Medical Discovery," a general tonio made from roots' with pure elyeerne whi?b make the blmd pun, his "Fa vorite t'recripiion " for weak women Mid "Fle:vant Pellets" fur Uver ills. DAY now much they mmd the cold. They N. Y. First they are treated to a ' new submarine blockade may be only the forerunner of something else equally startling. Neither is there any assurance that the new warfare will be confined to changes on the seas. The air of confidence which was openly expressed at the (iemtun em bassy was generally interpreted as an indication that the lierlin government was very sure of the success of its plans. RELATIONS PROBABLY ENDED (Continued From Page One). States iieepting the new assurances for granted that observance of Am erican rights was not contingent u li ion outcome of negotiations between ;thc United States and another na tion. i The new situation lias arisen and jthe reserved liberty of action is to ; haustlve statement I expounded the .be used. According to information points for and against in this ques froin Teutonic sources hero, Ger- tion. ,1 emphasized on each occas- inany has ready from 300 to 500 sub - marines ready to wage relentless war upon shipping in the proscribed area a great section of the high seas, stretching three or four hundred miles from the coasts of the Ilritlsh isles and almost tho whole of the Mediterr.monn sea. " -e0 t r v r r t T ? t t ? ? y $ t f v Only 2 More Days FINAL WIND-UP Get some of the many bargains now in these two days or never. The way the stock is being slaughtered is a shame. A good many thousand dollars worth of reliable merchan dise to choose from yet, the kind Ahrens has always carried, and at these prices you just cannot afford to miss it, even if you have to borrow the money. ABSOLUTELY ONLY 2 MORE DAYS and the doors close forever AHRENS' STORE f f T t t ? ? t t X 1017 UTILIZE VACANT A system whereby the cily may act as agent for owners of vacant prop erly in the city in giving permission to other persons to cultivate the land lias been devised bv l'lige-llressler Company and will be submitted to the city council this week by Councilman J. II. Cnrkin. The plan is ninicd to make it easy for pel-sons wanting gardens to get vacant property for use free of charge. Mr. Dressier says it will play n part in the fight against the high cost of living and will greatly improve the looks of the city. It is tho plan lo have tho recorder's office prepare an ordinance for the council providing that property own ers may file with the recorder u list of unimproved lots nnd that private individuals may be given permission by the street commissioner, Olen Aru- spiger, to cultivate such lots free of charge. TIME IS RIPE (Continued From rage One.) The chancellor discussed in detail the political situation nnd then re ferred to military affairs as follows: "A few days ago I'ield Marshal Von llindcnbiirg described the situa tion to me I litis : "Our front stands firm on all sides. We have everywhere the requisite re serves. The spirit of our troops is good and confident. The military sit uation as a whole permits us to ac cept nil the consequences which un restricted t'-bout war may bring, and as this I'-boat war is the means of injuring our enemies the most griev ously, it must be begun.1' "By this development of the sit uation tho decision concerning sub marine warfare has been forced in to tho last acute stage." said the chancellor. "The question of U-boat war, as members of tho relchstag will remember. has occupied us three times in this committee, namely In March, May and September of last year. On each occasion In an ex- , ion that I was speaking pro tern CITY PROPERTY FOR . pore and not as a supporter in prln- j ach preparation, too, if you ever take ; ciple or opponent in principle of the;it for indigestion, gases, heartburn. unrestricted employment of U-boats ! ; but In consideration of tho military, ' i political and economical situation as; a whole. j "I have always proceeded from the J 1111 :? of the standpoint w hether I'-boat war would bring us nearer victorious peace or not. Every means, 1 said In Jlarch, that was calculated to shorten the war constituted tho nioBt humane policy to follow. When the most ruthless methods are considered beet calculated to lead us to swift victory, I said, then they must bo employed. ' SEA1 TLB RECOVERS SKATTI.K, Keb. 1. llnuking con ditions were practically normal today. There was no crowd at nny bank door at opening time this morning, nor did any gather later, and withdrawals of savings deposits were only u little larger than usual. 1 "rape's Diapcpsin" Vlc Sour, Gassy, Upset Stonmclis In Five Mlmitos. if what you just ate is souring on jour stomach or lies llko a lump of , lead, refusing to digest, or you uoleli ( gas and eructate sour, undigested food, or have a feeling of dizziness. ' heartburn, fulness, nausea, bad taste V in mouth and stomach headache, you can surely get relief in five minutes. Ask your pharmacist to show you tho formula, plainly printed on' these fifty-cent cases of l'ape's Dlapepsin, then you will understand why dys peptic troubles of all kinds must go, and why it relieves, sour, out of order stomachs or indigestion in five min utes. "I'apo's Dlapepsin" is harm less; tastes like candy, though each ' dose will digest and prepare for as similation into the blood all the fodVji you cat; besides, it makes you go iIa, tho table with a healthy appetite;, but what will please you most, Is that you will feel that your stom ach and intestines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to re sort to laxatives or liver pills for biliousness or constipation. This city will have many "Papc's Dlapepsin'' cranks, as sonio pcopio will call them, but you will be eri- - 1 thusiastlc about' this SDlendid stoin sourness, dyspepsia, or any stomach misery. i . Get some now, this minutei and rid yourself of stomach misery and ln- digestion in five minutes. t X T t t t y t 2 ? t t f T t t ? t t t t f ?. ? ? y ? ? t ? ? ? V ? ? i SALE
