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VQL. VI., No. 214. GRAXTO PASS, JOflEPlIINE COUNTY, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 2,'lMfl.' WHOLE ITUM8ER 1738.
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Leased Wire TgrnphService :
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Committees Arrange Attrac
tions for the Annual Fes
tival to Be He! J in This
City on Friday, June 16th
Tha different committer fur the
annual Rota Festival, to be hold June
18, are getting their events lined up
nd It l (pitted that the entire corn
munlty will enter Into all t!.e festlvl
tlea with seal and enthusiasm, lvn
It tha true carnival aplrlt. There
will be aoraethlng doing vr hour
of the day. beginning with' "A Man
and Hit Clotbea" at tha opera house
tha evening of Juna IS, followed ty
tha automobile parade tha next morn
ing, the "Made in Oregon dinner. at
tha Oxford hotel dining room. 4be
rose exhibit In the Karner building,
corner Fifth and O atreet at 1:10
V, ni., the baby ehow Jn tha tame
building from to 6 p. m., tha band
concert and street dance la tha even
log, followed by tha big dance at tha
Waldorf ball at p. m.
Tha award for roeea are arranged
ao that even the smallest grbwera
nay enter their . best specimens,
' though they have but one. It Is
nrged by tha oismMtes, that every
one preserve, the' following Hat and
make a many entries as possible. Do
not leave tha Md undisputed to the
larger rowers, but make what en
trlea you can. Prlxe will bo award
ed tha beat specimen under the fol
lowing classifications: ' '
Section A, '
1 Six Caroline Testout.
2 Six rink La France.
3 Pour red roses, any one vari
ety named. , '
4 Four pink roses, any one vari
ety named. .
5 SI white rosos, separate named
varieties.
8 ix. yellow roues, aeparate
named varieties.
. Meet dm
1 Three roses, any climber.
' 8 Three tea roses, any one vari
ety named.
9 Six roses, separate named vari
eties. 10 Best new rose, any color, not
exhibited before 1914.
U Best Individual roae in the
how. any color.
It Beat 12 blooms, either one
variety or mixed.
Exhibits must "be in place on the
tables not later than 11 o'clock a. m
June 16. They will be numbered as
received by1 the committee acocrd
Ing to the respective sections, class
and number for which they are en
tered and the prlxe will be awarded
by number accordingly. The names
of the exhibitors will not appear on
the exhibits.
The same rone or roses can not be
entered for more than one prize.
When a certain number of rosea Is
. designated In any competition there
must be neither more nor Icbb than
the number entored or exhibited. The
Judge may deollne io award a prise
to any exhibit which they consider
unworthy, even when said exhibit Is
the only one In the section or class.
Scale of points tor Judging:. Size,
20; color, 25; form, 20; stem, 5; aub
atanoe, 15; foliage, IS.
Bach exhibitor Is requested to ar
range his or her own display and to
bring necessary vases. , 1
BAN ON MHCTHHION OK
. WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
Washington, May 2T. General
Funston has Instructed General Per
ishing not to dismiss) withdrawal of
American forces from Mexico at the
coming conference with General Gav
Irajat Namtqttlpa, It was learned tn
4ay. : v :
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I'otrograd. May 27.The United
States faces tremendous difficulties in
any attempt to negotiate a new com
mercial treaty with Russia to replace
the one abrogated during the Taft
administration because of the Jewish
question. ' ,
This was learned by the United
Press today on the highest authority.
"Negotiations were begun alx
months too late," It waa atated. "The
allies are now perfecting a trade
agreement among themselves. Until
it Is oonoluded, Ruaala will make no
outside! arrangements. '. France Is
bound io enoounted difficult!, at
least momentarily. . '
"If the treaty Is accomplished at
all, It must confine Itself to economics
and not enter iuto discussion of Rus
sia's Internal affair."
Count Kokokvtsoff, former premier
end former minister of finance, In an
exclusive Interview granted , the
United Press, made It plain that Rus
sia would consider no treaty In which
Its treatment of Jews was made an
Issue. .,
"I am not an antl-Jew,'r be said;
"my record la proof of this."
"I admire America." aald tha
count. "I welcome American coopera
tion In building Industrie and rail
roads and opening vast' resources of
raw material of every sort. Before
the war Germany had made no special
demand on Russia. It waa too keen.
Having ulterior motives, It scattered
the wildcat etorica against Russia,
making trouble and meanwhile vir
tually monopolixlng trade. ' 1 "t
"American ought to reallxe that
Russia cannot entertain outside sug
gestions regarding Internal affairs.
Americans , mnst kcome in like any
others, leaving, Russia to settle Its
Interior problema."
SOLD 1XTO MATRIMONY
' FOR 9200 IS CASH
' I -OS Angelea, May 27. Mary Kiel
st off, a Russian, waa sold Into mat
rimony for $280 cash and a promis
sory note for 1300, according to tes
timony before the Juvenile court here
today. After two children were born,
she left her husband, David Shubtn,
going away with another man. The
price might not have been so high.
It was learned, but for the fact that
Shubln had a crippled hand and was
unable to do a man's work. Miss
Orfa Shontt, referee, gave one' child
to each of the parents. '
HANK ICRS AOQl'ITTED
OF PKRJl'HY CHARGE
Washington, May 27. Charles
Glover, president, and Henry Fleath
er and William Flather, officials of
the Rljggs National bank, were found
not guilty of perjury today. The
jury deliberated nine minutes.
NO WORMY APPLES
Sacramento, May 2 7. California
gave Oregon and Washington to un
derstand today that this state will
not again tolerate the shipment of
Bcabby and wormy apples from tho
northwest across Its boundary. Last
season, according to the state depart
ment of horticulture, Washington and
Oregon shipped down s great amount
of bad apples, and these, going on
the market, competed against the
standardised California apples, Apple
growers of California complained to
the state horticulturist and Acting
Horticulturist O. P. Weldon com
municated with the Northwestern
Fruit Exchange, saying that It bad
apples are sent down during the com
ing season California will take dras
tlo action.
H. O. Fletcher, of, the Northwest
ern Exchange, has promised that only
good apple will be shlpiwd into Cali
fornia hereafter. ' ' ' '
CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL GRADUATES
Judge Henry Ii Benson, Principal of the tests; Pass
"Academy" 28 Years Ago When Its First Class Cca-
pleted the Course, Delirers7the Coacencecest Day
Address to a large Audience at the Opera Hesse
" "" """ ' '. . i i if.
Forty-five scrolls bearing witness
to the tact that 45 young men and
women of, Grants Pas (whose pic
tures are published elsewhere In the
Courier today) had completed the
course of study In the local high
school, made 45 youthful hearts heat
with Joy Friday night. At the opera
house, which proved far too aroall to
hold the great throng that came eeek
Ing admittance,, many being unable
to find entrance, the commencement
exercises of the 116 graduating
class were held. The stage was a
bower of beauty, with hundreds of
great bouquets of the gorgeous roses
and other flowers of the season piled
like stacks of hay behind the foot
lights. These were the tribute of
frleads and admirers of the young
graduates, and the bevy of flower
girls was kept busy distributing them
to the one to whom tbey were ad
dressed. - ' ;
First Graduate Talks
Following the opening numbers of
the program, Superintendent Hull In
troduced County Assessor Bolus Pol
lock, a member of the first class at
was ever graduated from the Grant
Pass high school, then known as tha
Grants Pas academy, v
Mr. Pollock spoke interestingly of
the esrly days of the school which
hsd now gained a position among the
leading institutions of the kind in
the state He told of the first class
grsduated In 1888, the four mem
ber of which now lived In as many
atates. But the deeper interest of
the remark of Mr. Pollock was 1
around hi reference to the success
that had attended the man who was
principal of the school when Its first !
graduates received their diplomas.
That .first principal was Prof, Henryl
L. Benson, now a member of the
supreme bench of the state of Ore
gon, and he was Introduced by Mr.
Pollock to the Grants Pass public af
ter an absence of a quarter of a cen
tury as the principal speaker of the
evening. ;
Judge Renson'a Address
Judge Benson spoke feelingly of
the friendships he had made while
pioneering In the local educational
field, and said that he much prefer
MEMORIAL DAY.
Where once where Southern battlefields,
The meadows lie now fresh and green;
Fair valley, mountains, hill and plains,
Make up a far-spread peaceful scene.
The Southland blossoms, many years,
Have blossomed with warmer, brighter hue
And purer white, because they grow ,
In soli made rich by grey and blue.
Brave blood, it was, enriched this sotl,
Where now earth's fairest flowers send
Their fragrance outward, to pervade '
The air where peace and beauty blend.
Time' healing hand has kindly brought
Forgiveness for wound and scar;
Forgetfulness of what once seemed '
Were cruel wrongs and cause for war. v
v.. . ; -
Forgotten now the bitterness; .
Each side concedes the other fought
. From sense of duty, and not that
Revenge alone was what they sought.
Dividing lines long disappeared,
The victors are both blue and grey,
'' Since they have conquered pride and hate
And truly love one flag today.
red to have a friendly talk with bis
old neighbors than to attempt to as
cend to height of oratory in address
ing the people of Grants Pass and the
graduating class.' His address, how
ever, was a most able effort, and held
the closest attention of all a the
words of advice and good cheer fell
from his Up. h . . . '
Th central thought of the address
wa that no profession or calling was
over-crowded for the man or "woman
who was willing to pay tha price of
success determined and Intelligent
effort : 'n ? '
"If there was a Spurgeon or a
Beecher for every town, the problem
of the Sunday night movie would
setUe itself," said tha speaker. That
there were too many mediocre law
yer and doctor and preachers the
Judge admitted, but no profession
or calling was closed to the young
man or young woman who went into
1t equipped with the ability and the
will to arise above the Jostling crowd
at the bottom. As an Incentive to
individual "endeavor along original
lines, tho speaker quoted Elbert Hub
bard, who said that the world would
wear a path to the center of a wil
derness if therein dwelt the man who
could write a better book or make a
better r mouse-trap than could, his
fellow man. 's . ' , : ' '
Diplomas Are Presented
Following the address by Judge
Benson, - the principal of the high
school, H. H. Wsrdrlp, spoke' of the
work accomplished by the class that
was just leaving the school. Mrs.
C. L. Clevenger, representing the
school' board, then presented the di
plomas to the graduates. Inter
spersed in the exercise were num
bers by the high school orchestra, a
vocal solo by Mis Margaretta Wlble,
a clarinet solo by Lynn Sabln, and
the song, "The Purple and White,"
by the class of 1916.
- Class Starts Gym Fund V
Superintendent Hull spoke a tew
words in commendation of the class
that waa graduating, making special
note of the manner in which it bad
handled ita various business enter-
( Continued on. Pge 4.)
Jane Copley Strain,
GK OF FIRST
mil
LIRE
New York, May 27. Dr. Arthur
Warren Watte was found guilty of
first degree murder today for killing
his father-in-law, John H. Peck, with
poison and germs. The jury report
ed at 2:45 p. m. ; . 1 i
; Waits will be sentenced to die In
the electric chair at Sing Sing. He
was remanded for sentence Thursday.
The convicted murderer received the
verdict calmly. Two bailiffs, brought
him Into, the room, his face firmly
set, when the Jnrors hsd filed In.
Tho foreman's word, "guilty ; as
charged," were scarcely audible. "
The Jury was polled while Waits
stood unflinchingly. . His only sign
of emotion was. when, in reply to the
usual questions regarding his age
and birthplace, he spoke so low It
wss necessary for a bailiff to repeat
bis words." ' : i ".;.",;.
Walte's. father was overwhelmed
with emotion, weeping wildly. Hi
other son tried In vain to comfort
him. The Waits trial was a record
breaker for New York. It. opened
last Monday. , , i ,v
AT
SQL DUC IS BID
Y Seattle,. May 27.. Damage of
nOO.eoo If estimated today to have
rUsKsted fibm the fire which destroy
ed the hotel, at Sol Due the sani
tarium, power plant, several cottages,
bath houses and stables.
Fire broke out late yesterday after
noon.' There were 30 guests at the
resort, including President A. J. Earl-
ing, of the Chicago,' Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad; H. B. Earling, vice-
president, and Mrs. Earling,-and Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Rockefeller and son.
It was with some difficulty the
hotel inmates found a place of refuge.
A high wind fanned the flame and
soon every building in the vicinity
was on fire... The woods near by also
caught fire and the one bridge over
body had to crawl through the under-
orusn xo reaca m piace i Bswiy.
The insurance covered only $70,-
000 of the loss. - The Sol Doc hotel
and summer resort and sanitarium
was completed four years ago and
was rapidly becoming one of the best
inuwa rccreauoa piaces in mo norui-
west '. . ' . .
tX)RNKLL ATHLETES '
SAiIITARIUM
, . WIN BIG TRACK MEET .both missing since newspapers print
i .. ed an -iocount of Ward's end,
Cambridge, Mass., May 27. Cor- The fact that clippings describing
nell won the annual track meet and, the tight of George Nelson, bank
field meet at Harvard stadium this robber, with 200 police last Septem
afternoon with a total of 45 points, ,'ber, were found In the lodging made
Yale finished second with 29, and detectives believe Ward might hav
Stanford and California were tied for
thlrd with 22 points each.
92 VOTE FOR TEDDY
IN JOSEPHINE CO
t am a bandit, though I am an an
Theodore Roosevelt was the choice archtst communist."
of 93 members of the republican! Another scrawl read:
party In Josephine county for prJ -j cannot keep up longer for t'
sldent of the United States, that num- am- bleeding and to give myself up
ber having written bis name upon alive. I do not want. I think of you,
the ballot. He waa also the choice of my little birds. Orphans will cry.
the six progressives who voted at the
primary erection In this county. Two o'clock this morning.",
of the six progressive ballots were j The words "I love you" were found
cast In .precinct No. 7 of Grants Pas8,'on two fragments of bloody paper,
and one each in No. 8, Gallce, Lucky on the baok of an old envelope h
Queen and Wolf Creek. Under, the wrote:
state law It was necessary to print
progressive ballots tor each precinct
In the county, the quantity tor Jose -
phine being 1,250 each of samples
and regular ballots. The cost of
tha progressive ballots alone- was
138.50, o it can be seen that the alx
votes cast cost Josephine a pretty
good price per vote.
GEUS
Village Kiss I!2 Frca Ver-
fca Tidea ty lis French
Trccp TTti Abo (i;bre
Oier Tcs!:n Trcsc
Paris, May 27. -After heavy fight
ing, French troops during the night
captured a large part of Cumleres vil
lage, nine miles northwest of Verdun,
the official statement announced to
day- " :;;'-;: -;' 'if
The Germans desperately counter
attacked but the French retained pos
session of the town's eastern part
and also several German trenches
northwest of 1L ' ' , .
East of the Meuse, Germans at
tacked trenches adjoining Douaumont
and were halted. Artillery was most
active on the nothera Verdun front.
Berlin, May , s7. French pene
trated the Tillage of Cumleres during
furious fighting northwest of Ver
dun, but tbwy were later driven out,
the official statement declared , today.
The Germans took 63 prisoners. .
iifiii pal
OF COOMFEITEH
San Francisco, May 27. State
wide search was started today for a
woman known as Mrs. GnstaT Ward,
who, police believe, can throw some
light on the identity of the counter
feiter killed by police in a cabin on
Potrero "mud flats" yesterday after .
he had murdered Police Sergeant
John Morlarity.
to really M. Annjl ot ho9
Th ,..m :i
nave
formation showing she came here re
cently with a daughter, -eight years
Sold, and Joined the . counterfeiter,
who was known in San Francisco as
'.pymp Ward
I After Ward had been killed by the
j posss. officers went' to the lodging
(house where he had been staying.
jThe woman and the little girl were
.been a member of, the Nelson-Bau-
toff-Juber gang of bank robbers
which operated here and in Los An
geles last year.
In bis last moments, while police
bullets were crashing into his fragile "
refuge and he was mortally wound
ed, Ward wrote a number of farewell
notes. One said: . . .
"t can't move. You dogs may say
I am wounded three times at 8
'M3ood bye, my poor mother.'
Inquiry among . members of
the
,Ru9san colony here revealed that
Ward was a rabid anarchist. A
Mrcil n ln progress today for the
counterfeiting plant where he and
other members of his supposed gang
are (believed to have manufactured
bad fifty-cent pieces.
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