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i-uiii.w, (M-roiiKii i.i, iiMit: rioa vwo DAILY ROGXK RIVKR COCKIER 1 is ! I 3 Daily Rogue River Courier Ai Independent Republlcaa Nawt paper. United Pre Leased j Wlr Telegraph flervic. -I E. VOORHIES, Pub. and Prop. WILFORD ALLEN, Editor. Entered at the Grant Paw, son. PoMofflc u econd-claa alter. Ore mall SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ob Tear. $5.00 Six Month. .00 Tare Month. 1.80' Ob Month 'Payable la Advance FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1016. OREGON WEATHER Fair tonight and . Saturday; V winds mostly northerly. . .-. SEIIL.1.NU U. f The opening of the O. & C. lands forfeited to the gorernment will hare a wonderful bearing upon the Imme diate future of Josephine county In common with other of the ' eonntles affected. Taking this county as an example, its 1S9.000 acres of grant lands will make homes' for not less than 1,000 new families, basing the estimate npon the liberal classifies-! tlon which is being made and the placing of a large percentage of the land In the agricultural class. There are many isolated tracts of from 40 to 1(0 acres, especially near the cities and towns, so that the homesteads will not average the maximum acre age by any means. When notice is given that these lands are to be opened upon a given date, many thousands of would-be ettlers will come Into the district to examine the tracts and to select one that meet their idea of a suitable homestead. Naturally, the best tracts will tnrve-many applicants, and in the drawing of lota there will be more of the unsuccessful than of the aueceea fal applicants. But under the prob able plan of opening as outlined by Mr. Sharp, the applicant can continue till he gets a farm. By opening the lands by units of one or two counties, preferably one, the land seeker can follow the openings, and can continue to make applications till Anally he comes under the wire a winner. There will no doubt be something of a rush to southern Oregon when announcement Is made that the open ing' la aear at hand. There must be organization to properly care for these visitors, though through the plan there need be no such jam of people j a has occurred at openings In the past. The land seekers can be more deliberate in their qnest. and there win be no advantage In being first io nie upon a given iract. These newcomers shonld not be- lleve, however, that because the lands they seek have been classified as agri - cultural that they can go npon them with plow and harrow' and grow wealthy at once through cultivation of the soil. Most of th? .lands need ( clearing. Some will have fairly , heavy growths of timber Tt will be upon them. but pioneering In the mldit of civilization. The county la checkerhoarded with the lands. Just over the fence from a develoned farm may be a tract of the grant land. Much of the land lies in the hills, and careful investigation should be made before making application for home stead filing. Some of the lands are exlremely valuable; others arp not worth the price of a three-year resi dence. WO MEN AND THE I1AU.OT. Women who w.int the ballot ate out after Mr. Wilson with a elub. They hare no confidence In recent attempts by which he has tried to place him self rluht, for at heart Wilson Is known to be opposed to the principle of national suffrage. Miss Margaret Fay Whittemore, of Detroit. Mlchl- j gan, Oregon orgsnlzer for the Na-1 tlnnal Woman's party, leaves no doubt About how her orzanlzntlon InokB up-j on the protestations recently made j br the president. "Wilson Is on re-1 cord In sixteen different ways as op-' Royal Baldng AUK YOC ISIMJ Ol it ITRK KI-AVOIUX() KXTItAllS? SATl ItHAY 18 lbs. Fancy KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality First nosed to national suffrage," Is the way Miss Whittemore expressed ft to the Courier. "Our party is political, but so far as it affects most political j questions, it is non-partisan." said the lady. The party has one plank, and read It any way you will the plank always means "votes for women." Wilson, being opposed to votes for women, and Hughes, being friendly to the issue, the National Woman's party is out to defeat Wilson and to elect Hughe. The women of Ore- gon are being urged to vote in the!'" ,h opposition of the Industrial Interests of the women of the nation. Our women, enfranchised by their men. can now aid In giving the ballot to their' sex in all the states by re gistering disapproval of Wilson and approval of Hughes. If the ballot Is good for the women of Oregon, It Is good for the women of the nation. The way for suffrage states to vote would seem clear. ELECTION FRAUDS ARE INVESTIGATED Washington. Oct. 13. Charges of widespread election fraud conspira cies in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbhs. Ohio. Detroit and other Michigan cities, Indiana cities. In cluding Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Colorado, are under investiga tion today by the department of Jus tice. The department hopes to dis pose of the cases before the coming election. Bribery, Illegal, registration, colon lxation and proposed Illegal voting at the November election are included in the charge. The department has been informed It Is planned to takei voter, from one state to another to'an(J Amerlcan ,., t0 OVPr).om, tn, use them in elections. Charges made to the department. ..,t ran be lmilKlned that ,hlll it was admitted, have been on excel-jun(.omf()rUble f(). Amlcl but lent authority. In many cases they. t be r)menlberP(j we ,re at war i were made ny voters leagues ana citizens associations. In some in-1 . . i. j .i . i ,iiHAn, isiaucea, it la uunciniuim, uni.i j charges were made that certain poll-' n,iunt,9Mnni hav nlanneil I frauds: in other cases that frauds of; past year9 were to De repeated, , Election fraud cases in Denver, !t'olo - . Pennsylvania and West Vir-1 Iginia concern past phases. Th" Den-. ver investigation han to do with Col orado Fuel & Iron company inves tigation of several months ago. The West Virginia Investigation Is a con tinuation of the probe into West Vir ginia politics, which already has fig ured in the state courts. The i'enn svlvanla Investlsatlon Involves al- ,anipa,Kn ,.ont rilxil ions by II- qll()r interests which attracted wlile- spread attention some months auo. These last cases are about ready for trial. Department of Justice attorneys said today they would make every effort to prevent the frauds which, It Is alleged, are to be attempted in thel November election. In all cases wher' charges have been made de. partment agents are trying to "clean up" the cases before, Instead of after the elections. Playing th Rttti. I It Is not every young student of mil- sic who is cni'etiil iilioi't playing the rwts well. Indeed, a gn at many play ers seem to I'.n tet that Hie lets are I Just as much of the I'le-e as Is the punctuation p, a sentence. Nowadays IX'nple do not put In so inch pun (na tion n they tled In do, hut the llUc Iti tliti vnlr ncii ltwt"n (mi! iltn wiitn.i n, ,.,. readily understood by Kod render and nlivifi iv.'ii-i'nd The resH iu inn! me rcmliiu 1 1 't nie i.e. slop t.p the mmiIcii. sllglitH I'r.1 res: i. .:u t:.' v.!: . .. sentence s cn1 nl, lli.c I lie 1 1 'cd t r ; ice i if : evii- U tin., e; iu 'II er 1 liu. Powder 40c SPECIAL Jap Rice $1.00 E FAVORED Bl MANY Uusseldorf. Germany, Oct, 13.- Nearly every hie Industrial lender In the Rhino vallev liidnxtrUI c..ni..r which IsC.ermany'a I'tttsbtirg. favor ruthless submarine warfare, regard less of the Interests of the Vntted State. Chancellor von ncthmann-Hollweg Interests of both the Rhine and West- Jphalian provinces, hotbed of von iTirpitiism. These interests believe that though they may not convlniV the government now they will win j later. They are now centering their hopes of winning Field Marshal von Hlndenburg to their side. "The war must be fought to a fin-, Ish," said the Westfaellsche Zeltung. which fairly represents the sentiment of the district In this respect. "Either Germany or England must win, and j the interests here on the Rhine are ready to fight until Germany wins." Directors of Germany's steel trust and other milionalrea In this Indus trial country declare unreservedly that Germany will not make peace until Kngland asks terms, The Rhine land press Is still discussing War Secretary Lloyd-George's statement to the fnlted Press that the allies' must carry the war to a "knockout," and they hold that this statement Jus tifies their contention that Germany must use every possible weapon against England. The activities of the t'-53 have ereatlv increased their faith in the possibilities of unlimited submarln-1 ri"- Oot- ".Anglo-French air lDg ' squadrons last night bombarded the August Thvasen. Germany's Car- gainer works at Obendorff. dropping neele declared In on Interview ... nearly five ton of projectiles. It was declared in an Homborn-on-Rhine that" since Kng land Is still the ereat sea nower. it was necessary for Germany to oper - .,lbm.ri... ., the (:.,,., I v h Canada anil this Is one means i of ending the war," said Thvaaen. I "We can not always make war as , " America wants." .ever: was me etiipnaiic re-1 sponse. "First, because we have en emies enough and, second, because In peace times our relations with Amer ica are always most friendly, and we want them to continue so after the 'war. We are always sympathetic to-; jard America, The world Interests .of both countries will develop through peace." I Thyssen doe not believe an c.-on-lomla wsr will follow the present war. j "We want peace because we desire to develop our Industries In pence, (not war." lie said. "A few, who be .cause they manufacture ammunition. want, a long war, do not speak for ( Germany, because we do not Intend to live after the war by manufactur ing ammunition." Thyssen Is an Intimate friend of the kaiser. Before the war he often t ,U(Il?(. (inry ()f hn s Sp, corporation, and his son, Frlta, studied the Pittsburg steel and coke industries, lie Is one of the fnw In dustrial leaders who oppose Admiral von Tlrpltz. SECRET NAVAL E Washington, Oct, 13. Suspicion that a belligerent government might bo maintaining it naval base on the Atlimtl-' coast of this country caused the sudden dnsh to sea of destroyers from Ntwport yesterday, Hecrelary Daniels said today, I .vuinirai .uayo, I'omuianuing nie I Atlantic Meet, ordered the ships out I vesterday. 'I'bev will scour the coast i as far north as Kant port, Maine, near i the v'nmulluu border, sea rchlng for ; possible secret submarine base or j wireless stations, "We have no reason to believe any helllKerent la maintaining a base on this shore," Daniels ml it, "During the last year, however, whenever there has been a possibility that a belligerent was maintaining a sub marine base on this aide, we have sent destroyer out lo search for It." 1 Since the arrival of the I'-iiS. IPanlela said, there have been many reports that some helllKerent was maintaining a naval base here. Daniels has received letters, It was admitted, suggesting auch a possi bility. The order for the sudden trip to aea, though, was made by Ad miral Mayo on his owu Initiative. I While the department has no In formation on thin point, the sudden .ties of the departure of the destroy jers cave rise to reports that the New !xvrt naval men had been "tipped" to the location of a naval base. Authorities do not believe that the! V-'t'i carried sufficient supplies to last her for three month, as her captain claimed. While officials would not say post ,,v,,v ,n' tn" Process er supplying Sul.niarlnes from ships . along the ieon", ' now ITiHeedtn. one autho rity gave unmlstakaDle evliieitce thai he thinks such report come from what the nary regards as reliable sources, and that they are worthy of the strictest Investigation. BKITISH MKK i; is OX SOMMK Kitovr London. (Vt. 13.- Prltlsh troops I advanced on the front extending from Ouedeeourt to IsIUmefs (about one 'and one-half miles) In severe flithtlng 1 north of the Somme last night, Gen-; "'"al "a'K reported this afternoon, i Rains were also made northwest of Onedeeourt and 150 prisoners were I'"" - AMIIASKAIMm SATO MAKER KlltST CALL OS LANSING Washington. Oct. 13 The newt Japanese ambassador. Sato, made his first call upon Secretary of State lins Ing today. A he must present his credentials personally lo President i Wilson, he wltl remain "ambassador designate" until Wilson returns to Washington. MAVBKR WORKR IIOMHKD ItY FKKNOI All! KLKKT officially announced today. On both side of the Somme artll- ,ery flhtln thr vlol,'n, '"' night, especially in tne sectors or Morval. Rouchavesnes. Ahlalncourt na i.nanines. The man who drop bis anchor In the Hlotigh of I 'upend never get arv farther. I s 1 139 0 mwm iiii.iihii wii"U',hmi i M iim '"vyk '. j- 'rv "VfOUNTAINtops can't bo seen In a mist. An many a mountain o trouble disap pears in a cloud o' Velvet smoke. Ofit&U 3C For These gel a .MIMNlOX BOTTLE ami a ry keep II warm. Demaray's TKI'TO.NH' l-1IU'ri ItKPt lKI IN I I'I'KH V.l I. VALI.i:V Hucharest, Oct. IS. - - Teutonic force have been repulsed In (lie up per Viul valley, west of the Transyl vanlan frontier, and also in Hie Hut chill valley. It was' officially an nounced today. Near I'redeal the en emy waa defeated and retreated to ward Tiiuos. An Ing.nloua Scarsorow, A writer In the Farm and Fireside tells of one of the moat effective plana for keeping liltds from cherries and other tree and gsnlcii fruits. "Tike two or three two-pound Manila paper bags, dip then lu linseed oil to make them waterproof, place half a doxen peas In each, blow them up full of air and tie up the open end Fasten these bags In the trees, vu or three to each tree, or to stakes In berry tlelds with blta of stout twine shout ll Inches long. The wind, blowing I he hags atxmt. will rattle the peas Inside them, and the nnuc nslmnml object and the rattling noise' will keep the birds out of erery tree oi licil n docoriiled and do It effectively." Job printing of every at the Courier office. descrlptlon faiaaQDaiimiiat Try On this Genuine Collegian Suit Don't lower the buying standard of your clothes money. Come in sec yourself in a gcnn'ne COLLEGIAN Suit that gives you (hat custom tailored look that goes only with the highest priced clothes. ADLER'S Collegian Clothes The new models are not only fashionable to wear but economical to buy, with a fabric selection that insures personal satisfaction in whatever model you choose. 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LIN Kit KtNMAN LKAVK.H IIOSTON Vtm FHANl K Hoston, Oct, 13,- The American Hawaiian liner Kansan, which was Intercepted lust Sunday by a German submarine off Nantucket light, left today for Genoa and 8t. Naialre, car- rylng a cargo of war munitions and horses for the allies. i
