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ELECTING A SPEAKER
' Who should b speaker of the Ore
gon house of representatives at the
session to open next month was a
matter or absorbing interest at the
meeting of the southern Oregon leg
islators gathered In Grants Pass Mon
day. Five of the sis house mem
bers from Josephine; Jackson and
Douglas counties were present, and
it was pretty well understood that
the . sixth member. Representative
Griggs of Douglas county, had com
missioned his colleague, Represen
tative Brand, to act for him along
certain lines.
An attempt to agree to the cast
ing of the vote of the southern Ore
gon delegation as a unit upon the
speakership question tailed. Repre
sentatives Thomas and Oore of Jack
son and Brand of Douglas, favored
support of Bean of Lane county for
the leadership of the bouse, while
Representative Sheldon of Jackson
showed leanings toward Stanfield of
Umatilla, though evidently willing to
Join In a solid vote with the delega
tion. Representative. Sweeney, dem
ocratic representative from Jose
phine county, had pronounced senti
ments la favor of Stanfield, and be
fore the day was over had sent a
telegram to Mr. Stanfield assuring
him that he could count upon -his as
one of the 31 votes needed to land
him in the coveted speakership chair.
Thus the attempt to coalesce the
southern Oregon delegation upon the
speakership failed, and present In
dications are that Stanfield will get
two of the six, those of Sheldon and
Sweeney, the other four going to Mr.
Bean..
It 4a evident that the Rogue rver
dshing question appeared more or
lH covertly Into the speakership
Haeup from the southern Oregon
group. Bean Is touted as the friend
if the closed river advocates, while
those who are more liberally in
clined seem to favor Stanfield. Should
Stanfield win, the supporters of the
eloeed river would have loet the arst
ronnd, for his appointments upon
the fishing committee would be some
what influenced by the sources of
bis support. Prom Jackson county
Ifessrs. Thomas and Oore are ex
pected to support the proposition of
an absolute closing of the river, to
commercial fishing" while Mr. Sheld
on it Inclined to a more liberal view,
tut will no doubt vote with his col
lragi.es upon the issue.
There Is a growing belief, bow
rvr, that the Rogue fish question
will have been brought near to solu
tion before the convening of the leg
islature, and the bitter fight of pre
vious sessions will not result. The
Jackson county men have Indicated
. a desire to work In harmony all
along the line and It Is believed that
a middle ground that will protect all
Interests can be found.
A GOOD WORK COMMENCED
Meeting of law makers from the
district, such as that held in Grants
Pass upon the suggestion of the Com
mercial club, must result In much of
benefit to all southern Oregon. It
Is not expected that the members csn
harmonlss upon all questions, nor Is
It reasonable to ask that the attempt
he' made. But they can, by a better
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acquaintance with matters that affect
the district as a whole, as well as
through a better acquaintance as In
dividuals with one another, prove a
stronger working force during the
session. They enter the work of the
session recognising the common in
terest, and they are prepared to
sacrifice some measure of personal
prejudice, perhaps, to further that
common Interest. Meetings of this
nature should be held previous to
each session at some point within
the district, and with the first one
to point the way, those that follow
should be even more fruitful of re
sults.
GERMAN PEACE
E
New York, Dec 11. Germany's
proposals for peace are made at a
time when her armies have taken the
offensive in the newest battle area
and when the western front has reach
ed another deadlock.
The peace that Germany now wants
is one with Teutonic troops occupying
enemy territory on every front. The
war is yet far from having gone to
the knock out that David Lloyd-
George demanded In his United Press
interview a short time before he be
came the British premier.
On the contrary, Germany's posi
tion now is not that of a beaten an
tagonist. The Germans occupy at
the present moment probably the.
highest position they will reach, as
far as practical purposes are con
cerned, no matter how long the war
continues.
They have a clear road to what
they regard as the center of their
future colonial empire, In Asia Minor,
and they are holding la check every
movement to break through the
German defenses.
It would be, therefore, greatly to
Germany's advantage It a peace
could be secured on this basis.
Nevertheless, Germany's losses In
man power are becoming constantly
greater than the losses of any one
of her principal antagonists. At the
same time, the British government
has just undergone reconstruction for
the purpose of carrying the war to a
more bitter conclusion, and France,
too, Is evolving a scheme for greater
efficiency.
Under these conditions, while Ger
many is not overthrown, the German
militarists may well feel that the fu
ture developments of the war cannot
hold out for Germany any better pros
pects than the ceaseless killing ot
proportionately more Germans than
Frenchmen or Englishmen.
Germany must make large con
cessions to secure peace at present
Let
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far larger thai are Indicated by the
war boundaries on the map.
But whatever Germany proposes as
a basis for peace, la her first declara
tion, probably will not be her final
word. The most important tact of
Germany's new attitude doubtless
will be the definite statement of
tentative peace terms, which later
may be taken as a starting point for
future elaboration and a . possible
settlement.
ASK EMBARGO OH
EXPORT OF GOODS
Chicago, Dec. It. The executive
committee of the National Retail
Grocers association now in session
here will be asked to urge congness
to impose aa embargo on the export
of foodstuffs.
Sol Weeterfleld of Chlcsgo, a mem
ber ot the committee, will ask that
the committee insist that the govern
ment half shipments to Europe of
beans, wheat and flour, butter, lard,
cotton seed oil, potatoes and con
densed milk. He will also suggest
that the export ot hides and leather
be stopped.
Another measure designed to re
duce the prioe ot foodstuffs to the
retailer, and consequently to the con
sumer, will be offered to the com
mittee in the form ot a resolution
calling for a boycott against whole
salers who manipulate prices so as to
cause the consumer to pay more for
such articles than legitimate market
conditions make necessary.
Trading stamps and all premium
advertising also will be considered
by the committee, members ot which
declared today cost the con
sumer In prices from three to five
per cent more than otherwise.
HOLLWEG'S ADDRESS.
(Continued from Page 1)
Roumania and the hostile capital of
Bucharest, meeting with unparalleled
genius troops which In competition
with our allies, made possible this
which hitherto was considered Im
possible.
" 'And Hlndenburg does not rest.
Military operations are In progress
At the same time firm foundations
have been laid for our economic
needs. Great stores of grain, vic
tuals, oil and other goods fell Into
our hands In Roumania. Transport
Immediately began.
" 'In spite of the scsrclty that ex
isted, we'have lived on our own, but
now our safety Is beyond question.
The chancellor then referred to
the fact that added to the events on
land, herolo deeds of equal Import-
Hammered Brass
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Rogue River Hdw.
a nee had oeeu accomplished by the
German submarines. Ha said that
the spectre ..of famine which Ger
many's enemies had Intended to ap
pear before Germany, now pursues
them. He said the German empire
Is not the beselged fortress which
Its adversaries had Imagined, but I
now a gigantic firmly disciplined
camp, with Inexhaustible resources,
faithfully united with the Austro
Hungarian, Turkish. and Bulgarian
flags.
MERRY JIKGLE OF
New York. Dec. IS New York Is
rolling .reveltnlg, rollicking In wealth
Cabarets have aprung up like
mushrooms and dance halls thrive as
In any new gold camp.
"Business Is three times as big as
the biggest we ever saw before this
season," said the manager ot the
largest cabaret in the city.
Hotels are crowded, theaters are
sold out. Warehouses are depleted
of stocks and deliveries are far be
hind. New York Is spending Its money
snd getting what Is csn for It. Put
It keeps pouring in. -
This Is a ' never-before-ln-hlstory
story.
New York banks today held re
serves of $81 (.794,100 and from
every quarter of the globe money
la pouring In actually yellow gold
by the millions to be changed from
the coin of other nations Into the
coin of the United States of America.
Wall street has become a gambling
table on to which la being thrown
money from the earnings, winnings
and savings of Americans and Money
from the coffers of kings.
While the large majority ot New
York's six millions are fighting the
universal, desperate battle with the
high cost ot living, on the surfsce It
appears that everybody has money
to spend. They are spending It for
necessities and luxuries.
Forty or more blocks In Manhsttsn
are given over entirely to that an
cient trio wine, woman and song.
"War bride" dividends have given
night time Broadway a new life. Men
whose business it Is to take money
from spenders, say they never were
able to take so much of It before.
Ancient Babylon conld be set
down Inside New York's winter
pleasure grounds without being
noticed: Nebuchadnessar would not
have a reputation outside of his own
block.
LEGISLATOR.
(ConUnued from Page 1)
merclal club, which followed the
dinner, each of the six legislators
present made addresses, and earn be
spoke valuable work for southern
Oregon In the 1U legislature
through the co-operation of the en
tire delegation. The legislators pres
ent were W. H. Oore, Joint represen
tative from Douglas and Jackson
counties; Chss. A. Brand, represen
tative from Douglas county; C.M.
Thomas and Ben ' Sheldon, repre
sentatives from Jackson county, and
Senator Smith and Representative
Sweeney from Josephine county.
Prof. Relmer, of the southern Ore
gon experiment station, and Direct'
or H. M. Parks, of the stats bureau
of mines and geology, were present,
and each detailed something ot the
scope of the work thej were ac
complishing and what they hoped
from the legislature. Mr. Parks ex
hibited a chart showing the growth
of the mining Industry In the state,
and Indicating that the output the
current year would double that of
last rear. He stated that the bureau
had I nmlnd the establishment of a
traveling experiment station, through
which mines and prospects could be
scientifically examined by mining
experts, and tests made to determine
values for owners unable to develop
their iiropertles without such as
sistance.
At the suggestion of Senator Smith
a number of local Interests were
raised, one being that of sustaining
Governor Wlthycombe in his veto of
the measure thai created a new rlr
cult court district of Josephine and
l Curry counties. He said that It was
liseiy inn me icHimniurs wumu put
the payment ot circuit Judges upon
the counties, which would make an
expense of 13,000 upon Josephine
llimn IM showln. the club, voter!
to endorse a sustaining of the veto of
the coventor.
Dr. OTaneren made a talk for
conomv. and advocated the doing
'away with a lot of surplus beards
and commission,
Senator Smith also ttmmm
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Demaray's suSt.
proposal for a new law requiring that
the Interest on county warrants be
paid annually instead ot being al
lowed to accumulate till the face of
the warrant Is paid. Messrs. B. .
Blanchard, L. A. Leuner, Sam Bakvi
and A. N. Parsons entered Into the
discussion, and the pUn was favor
ably considered and endorsed. The
county delegation was also asked to
-use Its best endeavors to have 40,-
000 from the state highway fund
spent In Improvement of the Grave
creek and Wolf creek grades on the
Pacific highway.
A vote of thanks was given the
visiting legislators for their attend
ance at the meeting, and the club In
structed the calling of a meeting at
some date previous to the convening
of the legislature that a number of
questions could be discussed with the
county members. This meeting Is
upon the suggestion of the members,
and will be open to the general pub
lic for free discussion. The dais
will be announced later.
Turkish Hospitality.
The Turkish iieople, like moat others,
are of "mingled yarn" and have their
virtues as well as their faults. Writ
ing about a visit In a Turkish heme,
an English woman, Mls (Irare Elli
son, ssys: "In mi other laud have I
met with such Invlsh hospitality. "
It Is the custom too for the master of
the bouse to pay all the visitor's bills.
Tbst I should have proposed to sump
my own letters hurt my friends.'' Tbs
Turkish bathroom Is described as au
Improvement on the western Europesu
one, for It Is "s warble, bssln like a
fountain." enabling the bather to wash
always In running water Instead of In
a vessel more nr less soiled by Immer
sion. . '
The Man Without a Home.
Joseph II. t'boiite, one time ainbas-
ssdor to Great Ilrltalu, circulated some
yesrs ago a story which Immediately
became famous for the. reason that It
so clearly mid with such fine humor
branded the refusal of our government
to furnish Its foreign representatives
with permanent residences. It happen
ed that he was Walking the streets of
T.nnloii late one r.nrtl'Ulnrljr rtimpanrt
dlssgrceiilils iilht. when su.ldenly s
police officer nccosted him snd sug
gested that he lind better be hurrying
home. Whereupon Mr. ('hosts made
the astounding reply t "I nevejio noma.
nin Hip. A -.wimp, .nmiinsssdnr.'
I'onini.
Tlircs Wlvss,
"Well, of sll the Impudence-asking
ma to help you because you have Hire
wives to eupnorir '.'
"They don't belong fd me, lulsteri
they beloug to ma aons lu-law."-Hos;
ton Transcript. ."'''
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All Faolltuae.
The aged admiral was well know
for his powers of rxaitgcrallon. At
suiter one lilvht lie was ditu-rtblug a
thrilling voyage.
Whllu iniNiii;; In l hu Meilllerra-
uean, be said, "we sed au Island
which was red w lilr lobsters."
nut," said one ut the politely la
eredulnus guests, "lobsters a ro not 14
until boiled.''
Of course nut." akl tb undaunted
admiral, "but tula was a vokaulc to
la ud wllb boiling aurlug!"-.'ew York
Times.
Knowing Him Like a . 1011
"lie has s title J" remarked Miss Cay
enue Inquiringly.
"Yes," replied the young womsu,
"Hare you learned all about his per
sonal history?"
"I don't think I have."
' "Well, I should advise you to do so.
In my reading I have found that a very
charming title uniy go with a highly un
satisfactory sturr."-VanlliigtUn gear.
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