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MEDPORD, OltECION, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 391?
NO.' 5297
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L TRIBUNE
F
I
Socialist Leader Loses Anneal and
Must Serve Sentence for Disloyal
8peeohs Attemptlno, to Interfere
With Draft Law Court Unanimous
In Opinion. -.
'WA8IIINQTON, Mnr. 10. Tlio
upromo oourt today sustained tlio
conviction of Hugono V. Dobs, social
IhI loader, found guilty of violating
tlio oaplomtKo net lliru statement
nindo In a speech nl Canton, Ohio.
I tint Juno, nnd mnitonood to ton
years' lmprltiotimont.
In deciding tlio who, tho court In
effect uphold tho constitutionality of
tho socalled enlistment section of tho
Mplonago not of 1017.
Tho opinion of tho court was unan
Imom, ' i
Aa In tho cane of tho onplonngo
cane decided Inat Monday,, tho ail
promo court In lit opinion twain to
day mado no specific rutins upon tho
conatttullonnllty of tho osplonago act.
Tho court' based It opinion largely
upon that part of tho Indlolniont
charging oliatructlon of recruiting
aorvlca which waa unanlmoualy nf
flrmod. . ,
Thin .part of tho aot la tho moat
draatlo In tho monsuro.
Hkotch of Ihilm' fiuwr
Doha, four times a candlduto for
proslilent of tho United Stole, hogan
lila Industrial llfo aa a- locomntlvo
fireman on thq Torro llauto and In
dlanapolla railroad. Ho waa born In
Terra llauto, 1nd 64 yonra ago. Kor
yaara he waa prominent In tho flre-
mon'a brotherhood, playing au no
' tlva part In several blit strikes. , In
legislature. In 1900 ho ran for proa
ldent on tho aoclnllat-domocratlo
ticket and ho waa tho candidate of
the socialist narty in 1004. 100H and
fit. ...".. - ';"''. ..
Tho indlolmont on which Dolia waa
convicted charged him with attempt
ing to Incite "Insubordination, dlaloy
alty, mutiny and refusal of duty In
the military and naval forces," at
tempting to olwlruct recruiting and
enllatmenta and with uttering nnd
puhllahlng language intendod to pro
voke and encourage realatnnce to tho
United Stolon aa woll aa to promote
tho enomy'a enmo. Tho Indictment
contained ten counta, but conviction
waa only on throo.
Cnllmt No WHjiowiok
When placed on trial, Doha callod
no wltneaaea In defonso and mado
tho only argument In hla own bohnlf.
In npponllng to tho aupremo court, ho
attacked tho admlaalon In evidence by
tho lower court of tho Bt, Louis so
clnllnt platform, which ho had cn
doraod, and rocorda from tho trlnl
of Roao Pastor Stokes and alleged lio
had been tried on hla "stato of
mind." talldlty of tho osplonago act
waa alao attnekod by ,l)obs, who. al
leged It .vlolalod tho right of froo
apocch. , .
In opposing tho appoul In the au
premo court tho govornmont denied
tho net won unconstitutional, hut
ndmlttod that It waa not convinced
tlmt tho facta chnrgod In tho Indict
ment nlloglng tho uttorunco of lnn
gtingo doslgnod to onoourngo rosls
tnnco to tho Unltod Btntoa and to
promoto tho otiomy'a cause woro suf-
flclont to wurrnnt conviction on that
count. For that reason, ho govorn
mont mado no further contentions
rolntlvo to that charge
Congroaa. In onauttng tho osplon
ago act, tho govornmont further con-
tondod, Intondad to envor all wilful
Intorforonco with tho process of rnls-
( Ing an army nnd arguod that consti
tutional guarantees of froo speech do
not Includo intentional Incltomont to
violations of law. " ' ' v
.' TOWANDA. Pa., Mar. 10. A
soarch for a missing meteor, conduct
ed by the Unltod fUatos . geological
survey, had ended In tho roBorvolr of
. the Towanna water onmpnny. inci
dentally It has. enabled the company
to account for the sudden disappear-
nnco of Its Ino crop on tho night of
January 22.
. On tho aftornoon of the motoor's
flight locnl officials vlBltod tho rosor.
' vdlr nnd decided to out the eight-Inch
icrop of Ice tho next morning. During
the night the motoor landed In tho
reservoir. Whon workmon went to
harvest tho Ice, It had dwindled to a
' sonnt three Inchon, due, It Is assorted
to the heat of tho motoor warming
tho water In tho resorvolr, .
Tho reservoir will be drnlnod'lu an
effort to dud tlio motoor,
CONVICTION 0
DraPHELD IN
HIGHEST COUR
PLANS FOR MID AIR
JAZZ BAND CONCERT
f ,.,.;...,..'
KLlSiAHKTII, N. J.. March 10.
-I'Iiiiih I'or n mill air "Jii)s"
concert over,, M'jkIIhoii ' Swiuro
Garden, oceiio of the ucrouniiti-
I'nl show . in No wYnrk, woro
disruplud toduv when nn nrmv
airplane which wiih to liuvo
hovered nliovo the expedition'
place cnrrvinir a piano and a
pianist, dived into the mud of tho
Blandnrd aircraft field licro.
Tlio miiehino, with seven nrmv
iifficcfM iiliiiiini, hud Hturleil for
l'liiltiilcliihiii to nick no n iiiunii,
when emriiio trouble ilovoloiied
nnd ('niitnin C'nroliii, the lulot,
wurf forced to deneenil from n
liuiulil of U.000 feet. Jlu'iiinilo n
gimil liiiuliiitr. but the wIicoIh
Hliiek in tlio mud mill the orul't
tiimeil iiihmi ilH iioko, None of
tlili imMMi'imciM wiih injured,
10
UNDER OLD SCALE
SEATTLB, March 10. Scnltlu'a
biir aliipynrilx, idle aineo Jiinunrv 21
when npproiimntclv 2.r).0n0 workmen
Htruck for hivlior imv. will reopen to
morrow, tho men havinir voted to ro
turn lo work for tho nmno wages re
ceived before tho wnlk-out. Tacoma
and Aberdeen vnrdH. also closed bv
a Hlriko of about 10.000, resume oo
erutiona tomorrow.
Annouiirvincnt Hint tho Yards
would ro-orn-n tomorrow wns made
bv woven Nhiiiliuildiiig.coriMiriiUons.
Thev said tho men would ho "taken
on ok rniiidlv ns eonHwtent with oiien-
inc of the tiliinK nnd accomnlisliini; tho
neroHHnrv oruanUulion duo to the lone
iicriod of lilleliCMH. )
I.nnt week the alrikew voted on tlie
oiiCHlinn of returninir lo work pcndim.'
tlio dniionncenient of findinini of -n
federnl wiil'o cciniiiiiHxioil muotinir to
he held at Wuhliiimtoii. 1). C. Out of
1(1 Htrikinur unioiiM in Scuttle. Aher
(leen nnd Tiiciiinn, only four voted to
continue the nlrike.
Scuttle Hhiiivnrd winkers, ami olh
rn who were forced out of work bv
tho walkout, hmt nenrlv $8.50IU)00 in
wages durinir tho ix weeks of idlcncHB
nneonliinr to unofficial cstimntes eoin-
i ud hero todiiv. Tlio weekly wnco
1oh npiiroximnted $1,400,000 it wns
mud.
Union officiiila lodnv empliiinir.ed
that the return to work tomorrow of
the Htrikerrt will not constitute a waiv
er of iinv of the Hlrike demnndH or an
acceplnnce of tho federal Mnev board
wiil'o Hcnle, uirninxt which tho strike
liriimirilv w;is wuccd. Tlic HtrikcrH, it
wnH noinlud out, voted to return to
work until April 1, when tlio Mucv
award cxpircx. In the inciiiilimc a
wiiiio eoiil'erenco in lo lio held between
shipyard ownorH nnd umnlovortt in
WiiHliinu'tim, I). C.
OF
WASHIN'OTON, Mar. 10. Some
thirteen, thoiisiuid disnblad aoldlors
woro dfiichargod from Iho army bo
foro tho fodaral board for vocational
oducatlon wub pormlttod to ostabllsh
contact with thom in ordor to donl
with tholr casos. Tho board .now do
nlros to got iu touch with those mon
so as to acquaint thom with tho bono
tlts which congress has provldod for
thom. Tho board In a statement to
day asked porsons knowing of any
such disabled soldlors ten-mil tholr
nnmas and nddronsoB to Its houduiiur
tors In Washington. ,
110 PUTS BIN
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 10. Tho an
nouncement that Jack; Johnson was
sehodulod for flvo bouts In Moxlco
City was mot today by un nnnounco-
mont that tho govornmont had ro
nuonted tlio mtinlcinnl authorltlog to
Votuso llconsos for boxing matches
hacauso previous contosts hnvo been
of such an unsatisfactory nature as
to auso dlsordor. It Is expected that
tllQ UlUPlelp'illlv wilt Hccndn to the
ronuost of federal nullioi'Ulos, (
BRITISH CHANGE
ATTITUDE UPON
HUN WARSHIPS
Enuland Willlno to Permit France and
Italy to Keep Some of the 8hlos but
Will Sink Her Own Allotment. Thus
Rellevlna America of Great Naval
Proqram.
PAULS. March 10. A chnneo In
Iho iiltilude of the Uriliwli irovcmment
rcgiirdjiur Hie plan to xiuk interned
wnrxhipH Iiiih been noticed Milieu the
return of Premier Movd Ocnri:a to
I'nris, 'It now nnmmr) probulilo tlmt
(Ireut Kritiiin will be willing to permit
Frniieo and llnly lo keen Home of the
hIiiiih, hut will Kink her own allot
ment. .
In Uiia wav. it in said, flrcnt Hrit
nin would relieve tho United Hlntes
of tlio necexsitv of earrvinir out her
projected treat naval building pror
L'riun which it im understood was box
ed on the intention to prevent any one
nation from having xuch a prcdomin
nut navv ax would irive her control
of the seux aguiiiNt the power of the
I.entme of Nulionx.
The nddition of a limited number of
Gorman wurxhiiw to the French nnd
Italian navies would not scnxiblv dix
tiirb tho prcHcut bnlunce of nnval
power, excluding Austria nnd Ger
many.
Tho dexiro of American naval ex-
pertx that the German ships be clinnn
ntcd completely, it is said, is bnxed
on conxidorntiont of economy as thev
hold Unit if the (iermnn xhipg are
given to Great Hritain in the propor
tion proposed, the United States
would be compelled to spend ono bil
lion dollars to maintain her pluco in
the naval lists.
. BEHI.IN. March 9. (Bv the Asso
ciated Prex.) Preliminary pence
negotiations may begin nt Versaillea
iibont March UO, npcording to reports
in circulation here toduv. Count Von
ltronkdorff-KiinUuu. foreign minis
ter, is nrrnnging for n smull party of
prominent business men to accompany
the German eommmxioners as experts
UNFILLED STEEL.
NEW YORK. March 10. Unfilled
orders of (he , United States Steel
corporation on February 28 were
0.010,787 tous, necording to tho cor
porat ion's monthlv xtatcment issued
today. This ix a decrease of 073.481
tons compared with tlio orders nn
Jiinunrv ol. and is the fourth sueccx
sivo monthlv decreiise sinco October.;
10
AFTER PEACE MADE
LONDON. March. 10. Arthur J.
IliiU'our. tlio seeretnn' for foreign af
fairs in the Llovd George ministry
will reliro at the olnso of tho iicnco
eonferenco, tho Kvcning Stnndnrd to
dav xuys it uiidorstands. Secretary
Pulfoiip, adds Iho newspaper, will ho
succeeded bv Hurl Curon, president
of tho council nnd government lead
er ill tlio house of lordx.
SUPREME COURT TO
WASHINGTON.! March 10. Stops
to havo tho supremo oourt detormina
whetnor l'ostnmster Uenorut Hurlo
son has nuthoritv to fix tolephon
riUnu wiMlin tin, utntn wnm tilt'i.n tn
day with the filing of n motion bv the
state ot Kansas, asking permission I
court against tho postmaster general
OF GERMAN OPERA
NEW YORK, March-10. At tho
instance of Mayor llvlan nnd Polico
Coiuniissionor Tnright. who declared
that tlio projected performniiuos might
provoko disorder, the mnnugement of
the liexington theater todnv cancelled
iiiTiingeiiienls for a season of German
operas, Iho first of which was to ho
presented tonight,
ORDERED FOR NAVY
WAftlllKflTOV. Mnrcli 10
Reemtiirv Dnnielx toduv direct-
ed HUHneiixion of work nn the xix
great tiiittlo c'ruixerH authorized
in 1010 until he and the Amen-
fun nnviil exnertx linve deeided '
" on the future tvpc of American
fiinitnl sllinx. in the litlit of in-
formation tHev wilP obtain on
their proiectedi triik to Great
Hritnln. France'iinll Itulv. Work
on the big nhipx ix now onlv in
tlio firxt Htogc. as their eonxtrue-
tion wiih held nn diiriniF the war
so Hint dcxtrot'erx might be built.
t
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. Convic
tion of CIdo6n M. Freeman, a Los
Angeles physician, on charges of us
ing the malls to defraud, was In ef
toct sustained today by the aiipreme
court, which refused to consider the
case.' " '
LOS ANGELES, Cal: Mar. 10.
Dr. Gideon Freeman, In whose case
the supreme court of the . United
States baa refused to Interfere, was
convicted here more than two years
ago on a charge ol using the malls to
defraud and waa lined (1500.
' Dr. Freeman waa convicted of us.
Ing the malls to Influence persons to
employ him professionally. The tes
timony at the trial doveloped that
teat letters had been Bent by persons
who were perfectfjr well and the de
fendant had told them they reqAlred
treatment. He has continued In prac
tice pending tho final decision of his
case. ' '
WASHINGTON. Mar. 10. Convic
tion under the espionage act of Jacob
Frohwerk of Kanaas City, because of
articles appearing In the Missouri
Staats Zeltung, of which he was edi
tor, . criticising America's participa
tion in the war, was upheld by the
supreme court In deciding appeals
brought from federal court Judg
ments sentencing him to ten years'
Imprisonment. -
LOSS OF PAY FOR
Til
PORTLAND. March 10. No word
from lioadcjiinrtcru of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Telegraphers,
with hciidiiunrters at Chicago as to
tho (Into of the proposed imtioti-wid
strike of telcgrnphors nnd telephone
operations to foreo recognition from
Postmaster General Burleson nnd un
increased wage seolo, had been ro-
uoived here today, union officials said.
C. H. Preston, secretary of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union here
explained that the proposed tele
graphers' strike, unlike that which
may he ordered by tho electrician
will ho effective throughout tlio Uni
ted States, if called.. The two strikes
will bo called . together if arrange
ments can bv mado. for net ion in
unity, he said, but the electricians'
striko would affect onlv fivo states
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Califor
nia and Nevada.
5
NEW YORK. March 10. The net
earnings of tha American Telephone
nnd Telegraph company for tho venr
l!U8 were S54.3!);1,016, according to
the annual report issued today. De
duction of interest charges left n bal
ance of $4:1,(101.321 available for divi
dends which wns an increase of $"',
4;i(),2lo over the previous venr. The
surplus for 11)18 was $3,671,022.'.
Reporting to stockholders on the
subject of "combination and regula
tion," Theodore N. Vnil. president of
the eompanv, nsys : :
"It will bo extremely unfortunate
if with a very pronounced public sen
timent in favor of it. a wire system
with nation-wide; universnl, compre
hensive service and 'complete utilixn
tion of nil tho facilities ennnot be
evolved, from tlio cxistnift conditions,"
RAD CALSUNITE
FOROVERTHROW
T
Lamar Declares I. W. W.. Anarchists,
Socialists and Others Perfectina
Amalaamation to Establish bv
Bloody Revolution a Bolshevist Re
public in United States.
WASHINGTON. March 10. So
licitor General Lnmnr of the postof-
fice department submitted n memo
randum to the senate propaganda
committee todav statins that the In
duxtrinl Workers of the World, anar
chists. Socialists und others were
"iwrfecting an amalgamation with one
object the overthrow of the govern
ment of tho United States bv nicnns
of it hloodv revolution and the estab
lishment of a Bolshevik republic." Mr.
Lnmnr said his conclusion wax boxed
upon information contained in seized
mnd matter.
Accompanvintr the memorandum
were several hundred excerpts from
the mail matter. Mr. Lamar said this
propaganda wax being conducted with
"such regularity thut its magnitude
can be measured bv the bold nnd out
spoken statements conta'ned in these
publications and the efforts made
therein to inaugurate a nation wide
reign of terror nnd overthrow the gov
ernment." Mr.Lamnr said it was' significant
that this was the first time "in the
historv of the so-called radical move
ment in the United States that these
radical elements have found n com
mon cause ( Bolshevism 1 in which they
can all unite. He referred narticu
lurlv to the dissatisfied foreign ele
ments as being active in the propa
eanda.
"The I. W. W.." said Mr. Lamar, "is
perhaps most actively engaged in
sprcading'thi nropaeandn nnd has at
its command a Targe f eld force known
as recruiting agents. subscription
agents, .etc:, who. work hnceasinglv
in tho furtherance of 'the cause.' "
GATHER DATA FOR
FOREST HIGHWAYS
PORTLAND, Mar. 10. The state
highway commission Is assembling
data relating to forest and post roads
in Oregon, with a- view to mapping
out a comprehensive program for
such construction during this year,
It was learned here tpday. 'Plans
probably will be announced at the
April meeting of the board.
The federal government cooperates
with the state in construction of all
forest and post roads and among the
Important projects contemplated Is a
link of The Dalles-California highway
in Klamath county. Much of this
runs thru a forest reserve and assur
ance has been received that the for
estry service will cooperate to the
extent of paying halt the cost. Part
of It runs thru an Indian reservation
and the commission hopos to procure
aid from tho Indian department.
THRU SHIPPING RATES
V WASHINGTON,' Mar. 10, Relief
from the long and short haul clause
was granted ice shippers in western
IrUnk line territory today by tho In
terstate (commerce commission thru
a ruling which provides that the low
est, rate applicable by any route shall
be applied to all other routes. '
Increased proportional or re-shlp-'
ping freight rates In grain, grain
products and by-products from wes
tern gateways to eastern destinations
were approved for filing today by the
Interstate commerce commission.
-MEXICO CITY, Mnr. 10. Accord
ing to unofficial reports the depart
ment of foreign relations' has been
notified by the Cuban government
that Dr. Ezequlel Garcia Ensenat, re
cently named Cuban minister to Mex
ico would arrive at Vera Cruz on
March 15. This will re-establish dlp-
locatlc, relations between the, two
governments, which were interrupted
in April, 1918,
GOVERNMEN
EG
ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
SELECTIVE DRAFT LAIN
: , :
PORTLAND, Mar. 10. The
names of between 500 and 600 4
Oregon men will be certified to
the United States attorney hero
as delinquent, in connection
Ith the selective draft, when
the draft and medical boards
thrtiout the state are disbanded,
March 31, Captain J. E. CullI-
son.' state draft executive an-
nounced today. Orders to dis
band the boards were received
today from Washington. The
cases of those reported delin
quent will be Investigated by
the federal attorney and prose
cuted, where there Is believed to
be ground for such action, it
waa stated.
COMPOSITE SHIP
LIKELY TO REPLACE
WASHINGTON. March 10. Secre
tary Daniels nnd his chief technical
advisers. Rear : Admirals Tavlor,
Griffin and Earl, will confer with ofr
ficers of the naval general board be
fore they sail next Saturday on the
transport Levnthan for Europe, to
study nuestions of warship design.
Mr. Daniels said todav that while the
chief purpose of the trip was to pre
pare a report for congress on ad-
visabilitv of abandoning construction
of dreadnoughts and battle cruisers
in favor of a new type of composite
ship, every other lesson of the war
that applies to naval development
would be reviewed.. He expects to re
turn -early in Mav at the latest.
The secretary said Admirals Ben
son. Sirosl Mavor. Rodmnn nnd Prntt
nnd virtually all the officers who have
served overseas dunne the war and
with whom he has talked, favored the
composite shin idea. Such a-vessel,
he said, would be a very fast battle-
ship "with a speed approachine; . 30
knots, but with the protection of a
ship of the line nnd the main batteries
of the present day dreadnought as
near as passible.
Officers of the general board do
favor the cahnee in the light of their
present infonnntion nnd it is esesntinl,
the secretary snid that every aspect
of the debate-should be reviewed.-
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 10. An
order barring from California for al
leged objectionable practices the
stock brokerage firm of Andrews and
company, said to have offices in for
ty cities thruout tho country, was
Issuod by the state corporation com
mission here today. i: '
According to its representations,
the company has offices in San Fran
Cisco. Los Angeles. New York, Chi
cago, Pittsburg, Boston, 'Cleveland
Philadelphia and Seattle. According
to charges against the firm, its mem-
bers claimed they- wore "Investment
bankers ranking second only to Mor
gan and company." ;
TO
FIVE AMERICANS
WASHINGTON,- March 10.
Awards of congressional medals o
honor to four enlisted 'men and one
officer for gallantry in action were
announced today by the war depart
ment. The nwntds wore to Cnptuin L.
Wnrdlnw Miles. Princeton, N. J. : Cor
porals Sidney E. Mannins. Flomnton,
Ala.: Jake Allcx, Chicago: Thomas A
Pope. Chicago, and Private John L,
Berkley, BInirston. Mo.
E ROSSI
II
COPENHAGEN, March ). Four
more Russian grand dukes have been
executed nt Petrogrnd bv Bolsheviki
during the last fortnight on the charge
of being involved in n monarchist plot
aeeordiiur to advices to the Berime
ske Tidendo, - . . ,.
WORKRESUlvlEu
IN BERLIN; STRIKE
IS CALLED OFF
Ebert Back In Capital Where Martial
Law Still Reians Soartacans
Hoist Kaiser's Flan Over Palace,
but It Is Removed bv Government
Troops Many Killed at Halle.
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 10. Work
was resumed today thruout the great
er part of Berlin, following the call
ing off of the strike, messages from
the German capital announce.
President Ebert and Secretary
Landsberg have arrived in 'Berlin
from Weimar. . -.
AMSTERDAM, Mar. 10. The Ber-
Un workmen's council has decided to
Issue an order officially calling oft
the general strike in the German cap
ital, says a Berlin message, presum
ably filed Sunday night, which says
tho decision was taken "late today.".
Richard Mueller, strike leader, de
clared workmen most now return to
work ."and await a suitable time for
renewing action." '
"We shall learn from our exper
iences," he added.
. Hoisted Kaiser's Flag .
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 10. On Sat
urday night Spartacans hoisted tho
Imperial standard over the palace at
Berlin, according to advices received,
here from the German capital. Tho
flag was Immediately removed Dy
government troops. Martial law con
tinues at Berlin and has been pron
claimed at Dusseldorf. , i
LONDON Sunday, Mar. 9. -Many!
were killed and wounded In serious
fighting -which occurred .at. Halle,
Germany,' on Saturday, according to
a Copenhagen dispatch to the Central
News agency. ' Spartacans. are said
to- have- drowned many stujlents and
officers in the river there and It la
reported , that there was: a general
pillage in the parte of the city where
the tighting took place.!. Government
troops eventually gained the mastery
it is said.
- Occupy Wclitenbein "
AMSTERDAM, Mar. 10. Sparta
can forces Sunday occupied the Ber
lin suburb of Ltchtenberg and mur
dered sixty officers and soldiers la
the police station there, according to
the Zeitung am Mlttag. The Ltchten
berg police station had 'withstood
Spartacan attacks since Tuesday.
FREE FROM TAXES
. WASHINGTON. March 10. Busi
ness losses of enmblers, moonshiners,
bootleggers nnd other participants iu
illegal practices are deduetnble from
gross incomes in determining net in
come subject to tax. The intermit
revenue .bureau donided to the nues
tion todav in passing upon in dairies,
from professional gamblers'iiud from
a lono oucry of a southern ex-moonshiner.
-
The bureau's attitude is that in
come oven from un illegal business is
taxable nnd thut losses in connection
with business are deduetnble but not
to an extent exceeding earnings from
the business. Tax collectors will ro
card as confidential nnv disclosures
of any illegal source of income.
Tax payers of these clusess may re
port their earnings as "other in
come" or under some other classifi
cation not disclosing illegal source of
the earnings. ':
COLORED PORTER GETS
6
PORTLAND, Mar. 10. J. A. Nich
ols, a colored porter, who pleaded
guilty to bringing fifteen suit cases
filled with liquor from Snn Francisco
to Portland wns sentenced today to
pay a fine of $250 and to serve six
months' Imprisonment.
POPE BENEDICT HOLDS
SECRET CONSISTORY
ROMP,. March 0. Pone Benedict
will hold a secret eonsistorv Mon
day. The purpose is to uppoint new
bishops, but it is understood that tho
pontiff will also deliver nn nlterciiT.
tion in which, al'tor recapitulating
what the Holy See did during the war,
lie will touch on tho problems of tho
present monicut, , .