PAOE STX
LITTLE NAINS
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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-.
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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
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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
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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. "
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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
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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
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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.
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"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.
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