DAILY KOGVU RIVER COl'IUK&.t
Ull'IINDAY, liJIIUAHY IT, lUlfl.
PICE TWO
Daily Rogus River Courier.
A Independent Republican News
paper. United Press Leased
Wire Telegraph Berrlce
A. E. VOORH1E8, Pub. and Prot.
WILFORD ALLEN, Editor
Entered at the Grants Pasa, Ore
gon. Postoffice m second-class mall
alter.
TBXRSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916.
OREGON WEATHER
Fair tonight Friday fair 4
east, Increasing cloudiness, fol-
lowed by rain, west portion.
Easterly winds.' 4
DEVELOPMENT IN MINING.
"I have always said, and I am now
stronger than ever. In the belief, that
Grants Pass -will some day be the
center of the greatest mining devel
opment in the United States,',' said
Thoa. S. Barley, receiver for the Al
meda Mining company, Wednesday.
Mr. Barley had. last returned from
lledford, where he had been on busi
ness before Judge Calkins relating
to the closing up of the receivership.
The Aimed has recently been , re
organized by the eastern stockhold
ers, and ample funds are being put
Into it to assure Its operation upon
an extensive scale. All the. claims
gainst it are being liquidated, and
,the receivership Is being closed up,
final hearing to be had on March 15.
Nat P. Ellis, representing the east
am stockholders, recently arrived
from Waverly. Iowa, and has since
been active In relieving the property
of Us burden of litigation. Mr. Bar
ley announces that Mr. Ellis la soon
to come to Grants Pass, when the
Almeda, freed from Its financial and
legal embarrassments, will ibe oper
ated upon a scale that its value will
Justify.
Mr. Barley is especially optimistic,
not only for the future of the Al
meda, but also for the entire Grants
Pass district, as Is evidenced by his
prophecy that it was destined to lead
all the United States In mining in
the near future! While Mr. Burley
is retiring from the receivership of
the Almeda, he is not surrendering
his interests in Josephine county min
ing activities.
In view of the renewed Interest in
mining, and especially of the in
creased amounts of copper ore to be
taken from the ground here the pre
sent season, the Courier has arranged
to receive daily quotations upon cop
per in the markets. These quotations
are received by wire just after noon
each day, and will be found in the
market report published in the even
ing edition of the paper. The price
of this metal Is mounting upward
most rapidly, being now quoted at
28 cents per pound, more than
double the price of a couple years
ago. The average price of copper
during all of 1915 was 17.3 cents a
pound, according to a report of the
United States geological survey.
WELCOME THE ENDEAVORERS,
Friday the delegates from the
Christian Endeavor societies of the
state will gather in Grants Pass in
annual convention. The metropolis
of the Rogue welcomes this band of
the representative citizens of Ore
gon, and feels especially honored in
being permitted to act as host for
a body of people whose work Is the
noble work for humanity's better
ment. Every possible courtesy should
be extended these gueBts of the city,
and their visit should be made a
bright spot in their memory, as it
surely will be in the memory of
Grants Pass. The program for the
three-days session of the convention
is published elsewhere in the Courier
today.
MORE PLUMS FOR
FAITHFUL DEMOCRATS
Washington, Feb. 17. President
Wilson today nominated Frank A.
Boyle as receiver of public moneys
at Juneau, Alaska, and Clyde Walker
as register of the Juneau land office.
NiEW:
, For Waists and Trimmings
PRINTED CHIFFON IN COLORS
SILK CHANTILLY LACES
White and colors
FANCY SILKS-EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS
KINNEY
Dry Goods
AND CRITICIZED
(By United, Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 17. Louis D.
Brandels, President Wilson's nom
inee for the supreme court bench, was
alternately praised and criticized to
day In the senate sub-committee hear
ing as to his, fitness.
Attorney Sherman L. Whipple, of
Boston, characterised him thus:
"As a lawyer, he Is able and hon
est; 8 man, conscientious and high-
minded.?",
; The contrary view came from At
torney Morfleld Story, of Boston, who
"Id: .
"Brandels Is an able lawyer and
very energetic, but he Is ruthless in
attainment, unscrupulous In method
and untrustworthy."
Story charged that Brandels as ear-
ly.aa 1392 engaged In litigation with
a view of depressing the credit of the
New Haven railroad, as result , of
which the system was thrown Into
bankruptcy.
The testimony was In support of
the claims of C. W. Barron, Boston
and New Tork financial editor, that
Brandels had sought to wreck the
New Haven system
BOSS BARNES AFTER
TEDDY AND HUGHES
v ,
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 17. Defeated in
his effort to obtain the republcan
state convention endorsement of ex-
Senator Elihu Root, Wm. Barnes Jr.
today was reported to have launched
a move to stop any Roosevelt or
Hughes boom In New York.
Though he is satisfied that the
Root candidacy is practically dead,
Barnes plans to kill Roosevelt's and
Hughes' chances of capturing the em
pire state delegation and to organize
Root delegations elsewhere which
can not be stampeded for -either
Roosevelt or Hughes. He hopes to
swing delegates to the strongest con
servative at Chicago.
ENGLAND SEES MENACE
IN GERMAN AIR FLEETS
London, Feb. 17. Commenting on
yesterday's parliamentary debate re
garding England's lack of air ships,
experts today painted graphically a
picture of fleets of Zeppelins, accom
panied by huge 200-mlle per hour
aeroplanes, attacking England with
lh a generation. They warned that
England's supremacy of the seas
would avail the nation nothing if
Germany maintained control of the
air.
Parliament was told yesterday that
Germany, with her Zeppelins, is supe
rior in aircraft to England, though
it was announced steps are "being
taken to remedy this defect.
NO RACE SUICIDE IX
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY
Buenos Aires, Feb. 17. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt is again a grand
father, for a son was born here to
day to Mr. and Mrs. Kernilt Roose
velt. MARLEY IVi IN. DEVON IN.
COLLARS
2 FOR 25 CENTS
oxjbt TtxBaortcaiKCTvmm
BRANDEIS
PRAISED
ARROW
& TRUAX
Department
GOTHAM
SEARCHED
POISONERS
(By United Press Leased Wire.) .
, New York, Feb. 17, Jean Crones,
who mixed arsenic in the soup served
at a Chicago banquet to Archbishop
Mundelein, Governor Dunne and
others, may be hiding here. A letter
to the Times, purporting to be from
him, put police on the hunt today.
This letter declared that Crones
has bleached his hair whtte, has ob
tained a position and Is living near
here. It pictured him as a dabbler
in astronomy, thus tallying with the
description the police have of him. .
"I always was In the radical move
ment as a worker and as a true com
rade to my fellow workers," said the
letter. "Meanwhile, I have, studied
science, astronomy and religion. As
I love science, I hate the religion."
Then It went on to late that
Crones, believing it "sanitary" to
make a clean-up at the "poison ban-
Jquet," had placed arsenic and barium
chloride In the soup. Previously he
had experimented to elimtnate any
bitter taste.
The writer denied that any anarch
istic letters or explosives bad been
left In Crones' Chicago room.
CLUB PIANOLA WAS
CACHE FOR LIQUORS
(By United Press Leasod Wire.
.Portland, Feb. 17. After officers,
of an exclusive Portland club had
moved their pianola away and sold
it, several members entered a vigor
ous protest. Investigation developed
the fact that the interior of the pian
ola had been used as a cache for sun
dry bottles containing the members'
favorite tipples. , '
ERROR OF JUSTICE CAN
NOT RELEASE PRISONER
Redding, Cal., Feb. 17. Holding
that the technical error of a Justice
of the peace was not sufficient ground
for an alleged murderer to escape
trial, Judge Bartlett today at Wea
vervllle set March 20 for the hearing
against Loren Freyer, 17 years old,
charged with killing Lim Sing, Chin
ese mine owner. It is said the boy
confessed killing' Lim November 9. .
STORMS STILL RAGE ON
WESTERN BATTLE LINE
Paris, Feb. 17. Violent storms
along the western battle line ' last
night not only Impeded the artillery
struggle but likewise held the in
fantry within their trenches, said to
day's official statement' Shelters
were blown down and trenches flood
ed In the Artols, while the roads be
came Impassable.
GENERAL VON MACKENSEN.
German - Field
Faces Allies at
Marthal-
8aIonikl.
vK: )
Iter' V
PROF. ERNST HAECKEL
German Biologist 8iys
War Ends Cod "Illusion.''
(By United Press Leaied Wire.)
r Portland, Feb. 17, Market quota
tions today were:
Wheat Club, 96099; blueetem,
1.08 01.11.
Oats No. 1 white feed, 26 & 27.50.
Barley Brewing, 30.50; teed, 29.
Hogs Beet live, 808.05.
Prime steers, 7.75; fancy cows,
6.50; best calves, 8.
Spring lambs, 9.
Butter City creamery, 84; coun
try. 25029.
Eggs Selected local extras, 26
27.
Hens, 14 016; broilers, 14016;
geese, 10 Oil.
Copper, 28tt.
ORIGIN OF THE PERISCOPE.
The Reflecting Spyglsss Used t the
Sisqc of Sebaitopol.
SiwukiUK f the urtuiu f the pert
scope, tbe fullowitiu rxtrm-t from tho
writiiiKH ii( the well known Inventor of
Pepier's J bo!"' gives Hie credit to
the clerical irofMnn. Pepper wrote
soon after the Crlntinn war:
"Duriim the Rieue of Selntoo4 num
bers of our liext urtlilciynicn were con
tlnually picked .f! liv Hie enemy's rifle
as well ns by i'hiiimiu shot, and lu order
to put ii titop to Hie riNi'b:inUneSH sn'1
lncnuMmwic of the incii, u very in
gcnloiiM lontrivuiKe vmt Invented by
the Kev Wllllnm Ta.vior. the coudju
tor of .Mr. hfiilmm m iiiiiHiiiii'tlna the
first BI Ben' tx-H It wuw culled the.
reflect Inn spyKlu'sH. and by Its simple
constrMctlmi n-tidcred tlic exiiosiire of
tbe sailors ami Mildlera ivlm would loot;
over the puriiet or other (Mirts of the
works'to oliserve tbe effl ut tholt
Shots perfectly iiiinit-esHHry, while an
Other form wsk vonstructed for the
purpose of allowing the gunner to 'lay
or aim bis Kim In wifety.
"The Instruml'UtK were shown ' to
Lord Panmure. who was so convinced
of the Importance of tbe Invention that
be Immediately commissioned tbe Rev,
William Taylor to bave a number of
these telescopes eonstructed. and If
tbe siege bud not terminated Just at
the time' the Invention ' was to bsv
been used no doubt a great saving of
the valuable live of the stflllod artil
lerymen' would hnve" been' effcted.',-r
London Ex (irons
Gam's Dry Humor.
When tbe gallant Welsh captain, Da
vid Gam. wn Kent 'forward by Ilenry
V. to reconnolter tbe French army be
fore the battle of Axlncourt be found
that tbe enemy outnumbered tbe Eng
llsh by about five to one.' Ills report
'to the klngls'hlHtiirltV
1 "There, are ' enough : to be killed,
enoagb to be: taken prisoners and
enough to run awuy "
i This quaint foreroHt of the result of
tbe battle ut once spread through the
camp, and doubt len every yeomun
arcber of tbe vailnnt company felt an
incb taller. We know that It was al
most literally JuatllleJ li.t the event.
Poor Gam's dry humor was equaled
hy bis courage lie wu killed while
In the act of xnvln the life of M
prince -I.oihIoh Pmndiird
GRAXTS PASS ASTONISHED ,
, BY SIMPLE MIXTURE
Grants. Pans people are astonished
at the INSTANT action of simple
buckthorn ibark, glycerine, etc., " at
mixed In Adler-l-ka. ON1C SPOON
FUL removes such surprising foul
matter It relieves almoHt ANY CASE,
constipation, sour stomach or gas. Be
cause Adler-l-ka acts on BOTH lower
and upper bowel, a few doses often
relieve or prevent appendicitis, A
short treatment helps chronic stom
sch trouble. The National Drug
Store. , i
f , ,
portSIres
JAPl SHIP REPORTED
TO BE SAFE l PORT
8uu Francisco, Feb. IT. Koports
that the Toyo KUeu KftUlia liuur
Panama Mum, freight lwUn and with
a few pnssongors, Sun Francisco for
Yokohama and otur oriental polls,
was a tire, was followed today by fur
ther tlvla anylmi she bud doiUod
saMy at Yokohama on February 15.
The T. K. K. line hero had no ad
vices from their Jaimuvso headquar
ters. The marine department of the
chamber of commerce, however, Kut
wort! of the (ire, followed soon by
the cable telling of the arrival of tlm
ship.
Tbo Panama Mara, formerly In tho
Seattle trade, sailed from' here Janu
ary 3 with a large cargo, a crew o(
about 100 and only a doien pnnHcn
gers. 8he touched at Honolulu.
Toyo KInou Kalaha officials thought
If the reported Are had been serious
they would have bad word at once.
They scoffed at suggestions of bomb
plots, though another T. K. K. ship,
the Shlnyo Maru II, caught fire bo
foro leaving Yokohama recently. The
Shlnyo is due here about February 19.
"The Shlnyo Maru Are was from
natural causes," said a T. K. K. offi
cial today. "As for the Panama Maru,
all I know Is the word from the cham
ber of commerce,"
ENTIRE IDAHO FAMILY
Ml 8T (JO TO JAIL
Twin Falls, Idaho, Feb. 17. An
entire family mother, father and
tight children were en route to
Boise today in. custody of the state
of Idaho. The mother, Mrs. J. D.
Ross, will be placed behind the bars
at the penitentiary, while her three-weeks-old
baby and four other small
children will be cared for at the chil
dren's home. The rather, mother and
one son were sentenced to terms
ranging from six months to five years
in the penitentiary for receiving
stolen goods. Two other sons were
given Indeterminate sentences of ono
to fifteen years for burglary.
iWOMAX PIIUXS(PIIKII
fipritNS rxmrs iieqikst
New York. Feb. 17. "All the best
things In life can be had without
money, and none of tho best things
can be obtained with It."
This Is the philosophy of Miss Edith
Krtchlngs, 51 years old, who lives In
a Greenwich village hall room and
has refused to accept her Uncle
Francis R,. Ripley's $40,000 bequest.
GARDEN SEED
Onion Sets Beardless Barley
J; PARDEE
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, The cost is but slightly higher
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KCEtS, BHEOaATiSl
Dm Mr. Editor I nurtured for yearn
with backache. I March 1 tfled
"Annrlo" and have timnl this new kid
ney nietllolno rwcenily discovered by
Dr. Pierce, ami It was wonderful tli
way It cased lha iali and gave tu
relief In such ft abort tlm. I
tried several mmliotiu'S, but Anuria.
U tho only nns thnt gave ntlHfotlnn.
I. feel It my ditty to recommend
f Anuria Tablets "to any ono wliosuHert
1
: ( Bignml ) Mho. M AhOAItKT U. 8NIDKBU
Not Folks In town and adjoining
oomiUm are delighted with tlm rwilw
they have obtained by ulng M A N VIUV.
the neweitt diiawvery ol lr. 1'lerce, wh
Is head of the IsvAttna' Hotkl ami
Buboioal IsdTiTtrrB, In Buffalo, N. Y.
Ihiwe who staru-d tbe day wlil a back
ache, still legs, arms and muscles, and
an aching bend ( M
day iM-itan because they were In and oul
ol bedlialf a duxen times at nlylit) are
appreclaUng tiie HtrrH'l rest, comfort
ana new strength tliey obtained fwta
Dr. I'lerce's Anurio Tab'eU. ' To prov
that tills Is a certain urlo acid solvent
and conquers headache, kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism, if
you've never used the Anurio," cut
this out and send ten cents to Doctor
Pierce tor a large laiuple package. This
will prove to you that "Anurio" is
thirty -seven times more active thars
lllhla In eliminating orio acid and tht
most perfect kidney and bladder cor
rector. If yoo are a sufferer, go to your
best druggist and ask lor a 60-cent bo
of Anurio." You run no risk lor Dr.
Pierce's good name stands behind this
wonderful new discovery as tt has lot
tie past hall oentury lor his Golden
aledicol Disootsry," ft general tnnlo
mads from roots. with pars tlyoeHn
which tnakss ths blood part, bis " Fs
vorite Prescription" lor weak wpmca
ad lleaaant 1'eUets U tint ills.
Ripley's money was made In mort
gages, which the woman believes are
immoral.
She has studied philosophy 30
years, and has an Income of only
$300 a year and lives In such humble
circumstances that her only bed Is
table of boards that ran be leaned
against the wall.
"There are only three things In tber
world that have any Intrinsic value,
and they are intelligence, love and
will," she said today. "To acquire
these I have all the money I need.'
Fi.ixTitK' ciiaik nm
HANS HCIIMIDT TOMORROW
Rv United Press Leased Wire t
Oitslnlng. X. Y Feb. , 17,Hsns
Schmidt, unfrocked priest, will dta
tomorrow In the Sing 8lng electric
chair for the murder of his sweet
heart, Anna Aumueller, unless tho
low Intervenes. Ho declared today
that the "outlook Is pretty blue." but
that he had not abandoned hope.
Warden Klrchwey Is 111 with a cold
In New York and probably will not
attend the execution.
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