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GRANTS FA88, JOSEPHINE COOTCTr, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1910.
WHOLK NUMBER 2557.
RUS8 RECEIVE
COLD WELCOME
BY OFFICERS
TllOl'H.tMfti INK ON UKTUIN
TRIP TO MINED IIOMK8, VIC
TIM! OF XU AM) II I' .NO Kit
RED FLAG REPLACES OED ONE
4iym for Willi h Tlity Kmitfht l
!Mmivow1 by llolkliovlkl, Who
Oillmu. lo HoMlriV HufferluKs
London, Doc. 15. (Correspon
done of tho Associated l'rei.)
Knglund's welcome to ber starved
Mil ailing prisoner returning from
tiormany li in striking contrast lo
the Indifference with which sovlM
Jttissla receives the hundred! of
thousands of emaciated, forlorn sol
diers of the Russian army, who are
straggling bark Into their ruined
homeland, which Is practically fool
loaa nnd fuellc, snowbound and In
(he 111 root of zero weather tempered
ly only four or five hours of sun
hlne. England's king and queen hnve
greeted many of the returning prla
oners. Hundreds of patriotic socle
tie liavo committees of loyal women
on tho dorks where the exiles land
to provide thorn with warm drinks
nd food and express the gratitude
of the nation for their self-sacrifice
to the entente cause, Dands play
the familiar airs of the homeland
m the victims of German prison
hardships again set their feet on
British soil. Flags line tho streets
nd grateful citizens cheer the ro
turning heroes.
But It's a far different picture In
disorganized Russia. Dispatches
from the Huso-German boundary
announce that thousands of the con
sumptive and disabled Russians ro
loesed by the Germans, Insufficiently
clothed and without food, are dylnR
long the highways of the once glor
lous empire of the Romanoffs.
The red flag has repluced the em-
bluin of red, while and bluo stripes
under which the prisoners morthod
to battle. The cause for which they
fouirht has been disavowed by the
BojHhevlkl. Officials are calloused
to the sufferings or hunger und
disease and wholly dovoted to efforts
to perpetuate the great political ex
periment thoy launched a yoar ago,
Conditions have graduully grown
worse from week to week. Food has
become scarcer. Coal and oil are
not obtulnable. Spanish sickness
has Intensified the disorganisation
Premier Ionlne has iHsued orders to
border Soviets thut thoy must bettor
physical conditions for tho returning
tiddlers, but tho food supply Is so
limited nnd the conditions ure so
hard fur all I ho population in Con
tra! Russia that even If officials wen
Inclined to hood the mnndntes of
the .Bolshevik premier, they probably
would bo helpless because of , tho
utter lm-k of supplies and Indiffer
ence of the great mass of rod sup
porters.
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FOR CLOSE OF CONGRESS
Paris, Jan. 6. President Wilson
will return to the United States to
attend the closing sessions of the
present congress, and expects to re
turn to Europe for the later sittings
of the peace conference, according
to his present plans.
Milan, Jan. 8. At Oenoa and
liere yesterday, President Wilson
was greeted by hundreds of thou
sands, many of whom tried to kiss
his hand or clothing as he passed. A
tropical storm drenched the presi
dent at Oenoa.
Oill FALLS OFF
III GOLD OUTPUT
MIiomd IncrcaNit III Production of Hil-
vr, rNr Mid I oml linker
County UnuW In Gold
San Francisco, Jan. 6. A prelim
inary estimate of the production of
metals In Oregon In 1918, complied
by Charles O. Yale, of the San Fran
cisco office of the United Btatos geo
logical survey, department of the In
terior, allows a decrease only In the
yield of gold, with an Increase In
that of silver, copper and lead. Tbej
output of gold In 1(17 was, accord-1
Ing to the mines roport, 11,481,798.
and the estimated output In 1018
was, according to the mines report
Is fl, 270, 300 a decrease of about
f 221 .500 for the year. The silver
output In 1917 was 12G.6S8 fine
ounces, valued at $103,541, while In
1918 It was 148,200 fine ounces,
valued at $l-,500, which shows an
Incroase In quantity of about 22, GOO
flno ounces and In value of about
$40,000. The yield of copper In
1917 was 2,474,487 pounds, valued
at $675,535, and In 1918 It was
2,935,000 pounds, valued at 1726,-
000, which Is an Incroase In quantity
of 460,500 pounds and In value of
$50,800. There was no output of
lead In 1(17. but In 1(18 the mines
reported a production of 4,864
pounds, valued at $300.
In common with tho other gold-
producing states of the U. 8., Oregon
showed a falling oft In gold yield In
1918, as compared with 1(17.
The larger copper companies . In
Baker and Josephine counties, did
much belter In 1(18 than In 1917,
both In quantity and value of out
put. This account also, In part, lor
lheJncrease.Jn. silver JpA,i wore
than one-third of the Oregon silver
being derived from copper ores. The
rest of the Increase of silver comes
from siliceous ore, very little being
taken from the placer gold.
Most of the placer mines of the
state are worked by tjie hydraulic
system, but the yield of gold In all
forms of placer mines combined does
not nearly reach that of the dredgos.
There are only a little over 100 pro
ducing mines In Oregon, Including
all classes, and the hydraulic mines
are the most numerous. Of the deep
mines about 25 produce gold from
siliceous ore, and there are seven ac
tive copper properties. The entire
output of ore from-alt the deep
mines combined Is between 140,000
and 150,000 tons annually.
The largest proportion of gold
and other metals In 1918 came, as
usual, from Baker ' county; which
produces annually about 90 per cent
of the gold mined in the state. Grant
county comos next In rank In gold
production, having exceeded Jose
pblne county by reason of Its dredg
ing Industry.
T TO
Washington, Jan. .Losbob from
hog cholera declined greatly In the
four years 1914 to 1917 and a fur
ther reduction Is expected for 1918,
Bays a letter from the secretary of
agriculture to Addison T. Smith, a
member of the house of representa
tives. The secretary calls attention to
the necessity for state cooperation In
tho federal government's campaign
against this destructive animal di
sease. The losses for 1(14 totaled 0,304,
300 animals, which valued at $10.40
a head, made a monetary loss of
$07,697,461; for 1917, 2,952,144
animate, valued at $11.73 a head, a
monetary loss of $32,475,190 . Dur
ing the tour years the number of
animals taken by the disease was
18,835,901, representing a value of
$188,448,648.
. Boston, Jan. 6. Thomas St. John
Lockwood, father-liF-lnw of Captain
Archibald UooacvaUiodied Saturday
night, but the fact wa not general
ly known until today.
ERADICATE
COL MO.
AT
Was One of Americas Greatest Statesmen andKoowi
World Over Remained Prominent in Public Eye Long
er Than Any Other American-Death Painless
New York, Jan. 6. Theodore
Roosevelt died at 4 o'clock this
morning, at his home at Oyster Bay,
from Inflamatory rheumatism.
Colonel Roosevelt died In bis
sleep. The news was received by
Miss Josephine Strieker, the colonel's
secretary. In a message from Mrs.
Roosevelt. The colonel suffered an
attack of inflamatory rheumatism
on New Year's day and has been
confined to bis room since that time.
The attack settled mainly In his
light hand and his condition was
not considered serious. The lmme
dlcate cause of his death was pul-
monary embolism or the lodgement
In a lung of a clot of blood from a
broken vein, the physician said. His
Illness may be said to date from last
February. Death came painlessly.
Oyster Bay, Jan. 6.
Colonel
Roosevelt died at his home on Saga
more Hill. He sat up most of Sun
day, and retired at 11 o'clock last
night. Mrs. Roosevelt, the only
member of the family at home, went
to hia room at 4 o'clock and found
blm dead. She then sent telegrams ' people of his time that it is neces
to the children. Col. Theodore Jr., ' eary to touch but briefly upon some
and Kermit are overseas. Captain! of the more striking phrases of his
Archie and -wife were enronte to
Boston whre.Mn.. Archie Roose-J
to-' s v-
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by American Press Association.' '
EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
volt's father was ill. Tho funeral
will be held here, and will be pri
vate, at Mrs. Roosevelt's request.
Oyster Bay, Jan. 6, 12:58 p. m.
The funeral of Colonel Roosevelt
will be at 12:45 o'cldck Wednesday
at the Christ Episcopal church here,
where Roosevelt attended. One sor
vlce will be held at Sagamore Hill
and one at the church. - The colonel
will be burled at Young's Memorial
cemetery in a plot selected by the
ROOSEVELT
SAGAMORE HILL
colonel and his wife shortly after he
left the White House.
The exact time of the colonel's
death was 4:15 aa nearly as can be
determined. ' No person was at his
bedside at the moment he passed
away. His attendant, James Amos
Young, a negro, noticed him breath
ing heavily in sleep. He went to
call the nurse and when they re
turned Roosevelt was dead. Mrs.
Roosevelt was immediately sum
moned.
New York, Jan. 6. A physician
declared that Roosevelt suffered an
other pulmonary embolism a month
ago in the Roosevelt hospital, that
nearly cost him his life.
Washington, Jan. 6. The death
of Roosevelt shocked the capital.
Both houses adjourned, and the news
was cabled to President Wilson. At
the executive mansion the flag is at
half-mast. The leaders of congress
expressed their sentiments.
Colonel 'Roosevelt's career has
left such a vivid Impression upon the
varied. Interesting and "strenuous
life to recall to -the public mind full
details of his many exploits , and ex
periences. Called to the White House In 1901
after President McKlnley had been
assassinated, Col. Roosevelt,. 42
years of age, became the youngest
President the United States has
ever had. Three years later he was
eleoted as president by the largest
popular vote a president ' has re
ceived. ;
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URGES PEOPLE TO
Ti
Chairman 12th Federal IUtwtvc Dis
trict Says Our Zuty not Ended.
Subscribing a Pleasure
San Francisco, Jan. 6. Only yes
terday that long range gun opened
fire on Paris and we feared the Hun
had won. A few hours later the
Germans awept through the battered
lines with victory at their - finger
tips.
Then Chateau Thierry leaped to
an undying page in history when
America raced to meet that roaring
tide of death singing "The Yanks
Are Coming." Followed the begin
ning of the Yank offensive that was
to roll on and on to St. Mlhlel, the
Argonne Forest, Sedan and turn the
German flag to white.
Now we're discussing peace. Our
troops are coming home. The edge
of our enthusiasm Is wearing off a
little, and hurrahing Is dying out all
too quickly and business and dollars
are getting up steam.
Those tragic days at the Marfce
are beginning to seem pretty tar
away. The thrills we had In the
war news are becoming a bit hazy.
We read an interview with the
cocky pouter pigeon slayer of Lieu
tenant Quentln Roosevelt who wants
to come to America and we realize
that truly the war is over.
But we must not forget. Let us
keep before us the deeds of our men
who have put deeper color into the
red of the flag, a new brilliance In
the starry Held and a purer white
that betokens a hope , for world
peace. We must freshen our minds
with memories of American service
and sacrifice. We dare not forget.
T . Our service is not ended. Our Job
Is not finished. In the memory of
the deeds of the valorous Yanks,
subscribing our part of the Victory
loan becomes rather a pleasure than
a stern duty and In the meantime let
us help hold their victories by hold
lng our Liberty bonds.
SAYS ROOSEVELT RAXK8
AS A GREAT AMERICAN
- Salem, Ore., Jan. 6. Governor
Withycombe today said that he be
lieved Roosevelt will rank as one of
the greatest Americans.
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TO BE DISCHARGED FIRST
Washington, Jan. 6. Command
ers of combat divisions in the Ontted
States are authorized to discharge
first from their forces those men
Whose allotment papers show they
have dependents and second, such
men as would be affected aversely in
obtaining civil employment as a re
sult of being held in service longer,
EARTHQUAKE TOOK
TOLL OF 200 LIVES
San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 20.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Loss of 200 lives and $5,-
000,000 damage to property as the
result of the earthquake shocks here
In October and November, was due
chiefly to the poor construction of
buildings along the coast of the
Island, in the opinion . of Henry
Fielding Reld and Stephen Taber,
members of the setsmologlcal com
mission sent by the federal govern
ment at the request of Governor Ya
ger to investigate and report on the
disasters. :
Shocks of a similar nature have
occurred in the past in Porto 'Rico
and may occur again, in the opinion
of these experts, but the possible loss
that may be caused can be greatly
reduced by the erection of shock
resisting structures,. - their report
states. ,-; . 1 : ' ' . - ' '"
HOLD
IEIR BONDS
POLESSTORM
CITYANDTAKE
GERMAN FORCE
LAWICA, SEAR P06EV, CAPTUR
ED WITH WHOLE GARRISOX.
MAXY AIRPLANS TAKEX
IIEBKHECHT'S PARTY FIGHTS
Attempt to Seize Reina of Govern
ment at Berlin Capture Dozen
Big Newspapers
Amsterdam, Jan. 6. The airdome
at Lawlca, near the city of Posen,
was stormed Sunday by Polish
soldiers. The German garrison and
all the airplanes were captured af
ter the fight. ......
Amsterdam, Jan. 6. The Spart-
acus group Sunday evening made an
other 'attempt to seize the reins of
power at Berlin and occupied the
office of the Wolff Bureau and hold
a dozen big newspapers. Including
the Vorwaerts. There are no de
tails of the success of the coup
d'etat .
London, Jan. ' 6. Germany la
about to take diplomatic and mili
tary measures against the Bolshe
yiki government, it is announced.
FORECAST FOR PERIOD OF
JANUARY 0 TO JANUARY 11
, . Washington, Jan. 6. Pacific
Coast States Generally , f air, and
normal temperature, but with prob
ability of return of unsettled weath-'
er and rain in Washington and Ore
gon the latter half of the week.
"Y" WILL INVESTIGATE
CHARGES OF SOLDIERS
New- York, Jan. 6. A review of
the year which the Young Men' ,
Christian Association regards as the
greatest In the history of the organ
ization in effort and accomplishment
was made public today by the asso
ciation's war work council. . The
review deals with the complaintB of
canteen over-charges made by some
of the returning soldiers, refers to
the war department investigation
which, it says, exonerated the "Y"
and Btates that because of frequent
reiteration of these and other com
plaints by returning soldiers, John
R. Mott, general secretary of the
war work council, has asked that
the entire administration of the T.
M. C. A. war program overseas be
investigated by the Inspector gen
eral. . .
"It is our judgment," says Dr.
Mott, "that these complaints should
he frankly and fearlessly faced. If
we were to Ignore criticism we
would be false to our trust. It is
our duty to discover the .unfounded
criticism so that a patriotic organi
zation, as a matter of simple hon
esty, may not be blighted unjustly.
It is equally our duty to discover
the well-founded criticism ' in order
that we may adopt a constructive
program that will obviate in our fu
ture policy any lax administration
of the past. - ' '
HENRY FORD TO FIGHT
FOR SEAT IN SENATE
Washington, Jan. 6. In peti
tion laid before the senate, by the
vice president, Henry Ford gave for
mal notice of his contest of the sen
ate seat against Newberry. Ford,
charged the excessive use of money,
intimidation of the voters, improper
rejection of the ballots and "flag
rant violation of the election laws."
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