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COMPLETION OP EIGMTKEN-MI LE
AUTO ROAD OI'KNH NAT
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miiek Of 10,000 SMOKES
Juruttiu o( KultiuU in ll12 I'm-ov
ccwl Strange ForiuMJun Sow
World Wonder
- Cordova, AIiikI.u, Auk. VU. (t'or
. rospoiidence of the Associated Pre
-Completion u( a projected automo
bile road of 18 miles ii the bed of
' "painted streams" lit expected to
oiKiit to tourists from all part of the
world the Valley or Ten Thousand
Smokes, In the Mount Katmul region
i ot Aluska, about HO mile north ,of
: Kodlak Inland.
Euturprlslng motion picture pru-
ducors, following scientific expcdl-
tlon Into the strange valley, have re-
tiirn'i'd her with films of the myriad
"smoke" ' and with -report ot a
shorter and pslr route Into the dl
'. trtet.
When Katmal volrano erupted In
'1112 and covered thousand of
' equare miles with ah aud pumice,
' kill al vegetation aud game mid
wiping rut more thun one settle
' Went. It was regarded as a ureal
' calamity. Out the eruption tincov
rrerd a strange formation which Is
' declared to lx one of Ilia wonder
of the world.
. The "smokes," literally thousands
of them, are clouds or Jets of steam
' under various pressure, emitted from
' hole and remarkably colored cav
rns In the solidified volcanic clay.
'The entire valley, which- Is shaped
somewhat, flke a clover leaf, seems
1 to be gradually solidifying. The Ind
Ian who recently guided a, motion
picture party said many square mile
covered with semi-liquid hot mud
' a year ago. are now crossed without
difficulty.
.In one ot the three arms of the
valley is a "live" glacier, at the
' foot of which la a beautiful cobalt
' blue lake of hot water. In another
arm is the Falling Mountain, down
whose face roll continually huge
'boulders broken off near the snow
capped peeks by variations of tern
peralure, 'Besides the scenic possibilities,
the valley is said to possess vast de
posits of virtually pure sulphur, ar
'sonlc and other chemicals. Muck
and was found j In many small
streams Indicating:' .possibilities of
Bold. ,
The atmosphere resulting from the
unique association of steam, hot
mud and the eternal sdows which
ring the valley is reported remarkab
ly bracing. There Is no wood In the
valley. but visitors have easily cook
ed meat,, beans and even baked
'broad by lowerlug cooking vessels
Into the steam holes.
St. Helena, Ore. Sept. 2.A Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle train,
bound from 'Portland to the beaches
with 700 hundred holiday excur
sionists aboard, was wrecked just
beyond a 120-foot trestle Sunday,
when a truck on the tender broke
' nbout one mile north of Deer Island.
Twelve of the i coaches In the
special were piled against a deep
cut .Just on the other aide ot the
. trestle .and the track wa's torn up
for 1000" feet.
PLEADING FOR PEACE
Copephagon, Sept 2. The Lithu
anian legation announces that the
Bolshevlkl forces have beon sur
rounded on the .Lithuanian front. It
Is reported that they are offering to
make peace with the Lithuanians,
whose advance continues.
OLGALIATI OF
ALL WAR VETERANS
lroNHtltiiin ly HpnnMi War Veter
ans in Twentyrimt Annuul
Kmniiipmeut
Bun Francisco, Sept. 2. A move
ment looking to the amalgamation
of aill organizations of veterans of
American wart may be started at the
J 1st annual national encampment of
Spanish War Veterans which opened
here today.
Resolutions proposing such a mer
ger have been prepared for pressnta-
tlon to the convention. Proponents
Of the Plan favor llmtllnr such Jnwn
to one camp or unit of the central or
xanlxatlon. Other matters to come
before the Spanish War veteran
are:
Resolutions, memorializing cou-
gresa to grant age and disability
pensions to. Spanish War veterans
and to make pensions payable month
ly Instead of quarterly.
Ueqiiesta for absolute preference
to honorably discharged service men
and their widows In federal, state
and municipal employment.
The annual election of officers is
scheduled for September 5. the clos
Ing day ot the encampment. Milton
A. Nathan of San Francisco, Junior
past delmrtmient commander, has
been given the endorsement of the
California ramps for the office of
commander-in-chief of the national
body.
0. A. C. IS EXPECTED
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallls. Ore.. Sept. 2. "Indications
point to much the largest enrollment
In the history ot O. A. C," says
V. A. Jensen, exectlve secretary. "It
Is practically certain that the fresh
men class will number! at least
1000.'
Those estimates are based on the
n urn tier of entrance credentials
which have reached he 400 mark.
Nearly all of them are for freshmen
matriculation. On the correspond
ing date- year ago the number waa
IKS and freshmen registration dur
ing the year reached 700. The pres
ent figures show an increase of
those who have filed vredentiar of
24 7 per rent.
ItltlTISII DKSTKOYKR Kl'XK
EIGHT OK CREW MiSMINfi
l-ondon, Sept. 2. The .British de
stroyer Victoria was torpedoed and
sunk In the Baltic Sea Saturday, the
admiralty Announces. Right ot the
crew are missing.
MISS JOSEPHINE DUNN
J
Miss Josephlnt Dunn, sixteen years
of age, who halls from Yaxoo, Miss,
graduated from aviation and ha been
lying a plans over Atlantis City, doing
noo dives, tall spins, etc 8h has
been called tha most remarkable
avlatrtx, It la said, by the Aero Club
of America, and has few equal In
looplng-the-loop. Qlenn Curtis has
been building a special plan for her,
and whan It Is finlshsd shs will carry
passengers.
OKANTB PASS, iOSErHI.TB OOCNTT, OREGON. TUESDAV, SEPTEMBER 2, 1019
MEXICANS FIRE
UP0N1EH
1 OFFICERS
MKN IN AM1U8II PI UK ' Hl'N
unv.m of shots into
FLYING PLANE
CAPTAIN IS SHOT II
-leulrniuit Brings . tbe Atroplnne
Hfrty to Ground on American
. Sldo of H'o Grande '
Laredo, Tex., Sept. 2. Two Amer
lean aviation officers of the border
patrol were fired upon by a group
of Mexicans while flying up the Rio
Urande. Captain Davis B. MvNabb
was severely wounded In the head.
Ilia companion. Lieutenant Johnson
brought his machine safely to the
round on the American aide. -The
officers were fly In a: low. 16
miles from Laredo, wben suddenly
on tbe Mexican side about 25 Mex
icans arose up from the brush and
oured volley after volley Into the
plane. 8everal hundred shots, were
fired. It Is reportd.
MKXHU WILL PltEVENT SILK
OF GOYEUNMKNT AMMUNITION
Mexico City, - 8ept. 2. Govern
ment authorities have discovered
that, In a recent brush with bandits
at the desert of Lions, near f.ils
city, the opponents ot the govern
ment troops used ammunition manu
factured at the federal arsenal. The
military authorities have issued
strict orders that the sale or ammu
nition by government troops shall
be prevented at all costs. A large
number of cartridges is said to have
been discovered at tbe Thieves'
market, where dealers had purchas
ed them from soldiers wKh the pur
pose of selling them at great profit
to agents of Felix Diax and other
revolutionary leaders.
GENERAL DISQUE WILL
'Portland. Sept. 2. Congressman
Freer of the spruce Investigation
committee announced todav that
General Dlsque will testify before
the congressional spruce Investiga
tion sub-committee tomorrow, as
General Dlsque requested. Other of
ficials of the spruce corporation .may
be called later.
Hearings were resumed today.
I
GUN CAPTURED BY 91ST
San Francises', Sept. 2. iPort-
land's captured German cannon.
awarded for the city's oversubscrip
tion to tbe victory Ltbery, idan, was
wrested from the Huns bv the men
of the Ninety-first division In the
battle of Argonne Forest where fell
some of Portland's own sons..- 'The
gun ought to arrive within the next
30 days. ,
' Robert E. Smith, director of the
war Loon organization fpr the 12th
Federal Reserve District? said "the
war department has advised us that
Portland will get one of th mm.
that her own boys of the Slst dlvis-
lon so vanently wrested from the
Huns In the Argonne. Our advicM
re that the gun has been shipped
ana ought to arrive within the next
SO days, barring unexpected freight
delay?." ' . 1 . .
PEACE COUNCIL
SEiSIll
T0GERMAN60V.
lOINTS OUT CONTRADICTIONS
TO PROVISIONS OF VER
SAILLES TREATY
IS
Allies to Demand Further Iteparatioa
.inloss Demand Is Met Within
' Two Weeks
Paris, Sept. 2. The supreme coun
cil of the peace conference decided
to send a note In forceful terms to
the German government pointing out
contradictions with the Versailles
treaty of that provlslno of the new
German treaty which provides for the
representation ot Austria' In the Ger
man reichaUg. The terms of the
peace treaty forbids German inter
ference with Austrian affairs.
The council demands tbe suppres
sion of the article within a fortnight
and declared that otherwise the al
lies will be compelled to undertake
further reparation on the left bank
of the Rhine.
Paris, Sept. 2. The supreme
council today discussed the failure
or tne Roumanians to make written
responses tothe council's notes. It Is
considered probable that the council
will send Admiral Shortlv with an
emphatic note demanding Immediate
response.
ITALY IMPORTS CEREALS
FROM ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
Rome. Rant 9 nnv An man t- nt
tlstlcs on commerce with the Argen
tine Republic show that durinz the
nrst three months of the present
year Italy received about $65,000,-
000 in imports and.exported $2,000,
000 worth of goods. Of the Imnorts.
$33,000,000 were cereals.'
ED
Berlin, Sept." 2. German reports
from Riga declare that General
Cough ot the British army has pro
claimed to the population of Petro
grad that an attack is about to be
made upon the city.
RKVISE1 PEACE TERMS
GIVEN TO AUSTRIA
Paris, Sept. 2. 'Revised text of
the peace terms for Austria was
handed to the Austrian representa
tives today.
ITALIAN SOLDIERS ARE
KILLED ALBANIANS
. Belgrade,. Sopt. 2. Numbers of
Italian soldiers have been massacred
by Albanian clansmen in severe atr
tacks. It is declared by newspapers.
The remainder of the Italian troops
retired toward Durao and other
strong points. , ,
liOXllON TEA DRINKERS
' "FEEL HIGH CXKST OF TEA
London, Septi 2. Noonday tea
drinkers, ot whom there are some
millions here, were recently shocked
by an advance from 5 to 6 cents for
a cup of that "which cheers but doe?
not Inebriate." today were deprived
of penny buns. Teashops In raising
food prices gave as a reason the in
creased pay of waitresses. One con
cern, however, recently paid an an
nual dividend, of 33 per cent.
TO REVIEW FLEET
0FFSEATTLE10TH
Prel!ent Wilmtn and H-retry Ihui-
iel to Be Aboard Historic
Oregon
San Francisco, Sept. 2. Secretary
Daniels announced today that be
would visit Portland and Columbia
river points on bis way to Puget
Sound. The secretary will leave
San Francisco Friday night or Sat
urday -morning aboard the dread
naught Arkansas. He will leave
the Columbia river en route to Vic
toria; B. C, and Puget Sound. Wed
nesday, September. 10.
President Woodrow Wilson win re
view the fleet off Seattle on Septem
ber 13, with Secretary Daniels, from
the battleship "Oregon.
"SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES,
SPEAR TO PRUNING HOOKS
Cologne, Sept. 2. Thousands of
acres which for years have been used
as an artillery ran re for the Kruno
works at Essen are to be devoted to
agrlcultcral vurposes. Part of the
range Is to be nsed for testing agri
cultural machinery manufactured at
the Krupp plant, while hundreds of
acres already bar been put under
cultivation by farmers who have
leased the land.
During the month ot September
campers, in any of the national for
ests of the Pacific coast states will
have to secure permits for building
camp fires. This regulation has
just been promulgated by the secre
tary of agriculture and thevlocal of
fice of the forestry service was so
informed yesterday. This is a ure-
cautlonary measure taken to atd for
est rangers and fire guards in keep
ing track of the location of camp
ing parties In their districts and to
secure the listing of thost who have
occasion to make camp fires,. Some
times tne lookout on tbe mountain
detects and reports fires whith later
turn out to be only camp fires. This
plan of issuing permits for camp
fires win help the rangers to tell
camp fire smokes from real forest
fire smokes.
the woods are now ss inflamable
as gunpowder after these weeks of
hot, dry, windy weather, and the
government officials are not going
to take any chance of' having public
timber go up In smoke and are tak
ing this restrictive measure nntil the
danger is past, even though It will
be some little Inconvenience to the
public.
Permits for the Siskiyou National
forest may be secured at the for
estry office In this city.
GEN. JOSEPH PILSUDSKI
New portrait of the president of Po
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land.
WHOLE NUMBER 8739
LAV PROHIBITS
I. STIES IS
III
ARKANSAS SENATOR WOULD
PROTECT PUBLIC FROM
RAILWAY TIEUPS
PLAN SUBMITTED TO SENATE
Cummins Present Bill With Com
merce CommlwMon Reiom
mcmdjttlons . .
Washington, Sept. 2. Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, democrat, is
advocating a law to prohibit strikes
and lockouts ot railroad employes
and thus protect the public from
transportation tieups.
The interstate commerce commit
tee submitted to the senate a plan
for permanent railroad regulation.
including private ownership and op
eration and a number .of regional
systems under strict government
control, with strikes and lockouts
prohibited. Senator Cummins in
troduced' a bill embodying the recom
mendations. ' '
IHth. of Gail Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hamilton
on Monday received a wire announc
ing the death ot their son, Gail Ham
ilton, at Phoenix. Arts. During the
day they had received a letter from
uaii, wruicn August zt, and stating
that he was getting better and was
exptoting to start- work soon with
irrigation engineers., The announce
ment comes as a great shock to the
family and many friends. The body
will be shipped to Grants Pass for
burial.
Grand Jury tn Sexidoo
The grand Jury is In session to-
day. Judge Calkins Is here and this
morning heard testimony In divorce
NOW NfffiED
cases. The regular September ses
sion of circuit court will convene -
next Monday.
T:
fill
Students and alumni of O ' A. C .
had enjoyed a real get-together Sat
urday night when about 40 met at
Riverside Park for a picnic supper. ,
During the meal, which was a
spread ' in the full sense of the
word, college affairs were discussed
and college pranks recalled. Sones
and yells were next in order, and af
ter quiet was restored. Dr. U. G. Du-
'bach of the department of Business
law at O. A C. addressed the gather-
Ing. More songs finished the eve
ning at tbe Park, and the entire
party, joined by others who had not .
shared the picnic, made their way to
the Josephine' hotel where dancing ,
provided further enjoyment.
The reunion was attended bv the '
O. A. C. students of Grants Pass, and '
representatives from Medford, Ash
land and Central Point. During the 1
dancing. - Dr. Dubach was able to
meet and talk 'personally with manv
of the old and also prospective stu- '
dents.
Patrons and patronesses were.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hoffman, Mr. and
Mrs. George C. Sabln, and Mr. and
Mrs. X B Cornell
H.C.L
Paris, Sept. 2. The distressing
era ot speculation In food stuffs In
the United States and throughout the
world's primary food markets Is
largely responsible for . high food
costs, Herbert Hoover believes. Mr. -Hoover
"is about to. leave for the
United States. , '
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