DAILY EDITION
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VII., No. 7M.
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HA NTS PAM. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OBJCQON, ' MONDAY, DEC9CMBKH 18, 1016
No Other Town in the World the Size of Grant Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
MILITIA AT
BORDER A
FAILURE
Mcbiiizatica of Gcanksea
Along Mexican Frontier So
Characterized By 'Etjor
General Leonard Wood
Waahngton, IHc. 18. Nuthlnft
y could bt mare pronounced Hun "the
complete failure of the mobilisation
V or mo mllltla furcea along the
border." declared Major General
Uonsrd Wood, former chief of at a It,
before the senate eub-roimulttee oa
, military affalra today.
"Not one-hair of the regulars ' or
mllltla unlta on the border today are
t war strength." aald General Wood.
"We have no defense. We art tin
prepared. The only way to net it le
toy the universal military training
system. We muat get It now and get
It quickly."
.' I Wood lilt off his sentences with a
ringing crlspneas. He referred to the
(alfim-iits of former Secretary of the
Interior Fisher, who suggested a plan
for 'Vlvh training with a military
feature as a bl-prodwt," as "a play
on words."
Washington. Der. IX. Major (ien
eral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff or
the army, today ripped the lid off the
"pot 6f opinion which army staff and
line men have brewed over the border
duty service of the national guard.
Scott also voiced the army men's
verdict on the system of national de
fense now In vogue In this country.
Going Into some of Vie secret work
ings of the army war college plnn
for adequate defense, Scott told the
lib-committee of the Chamberlain
senate military committee, that where
It once believed 500,000 men, to he
available at the outset or any hostili
ties in which this nation engaged,
would be sufficient "as a starter,"
lessons learned from the European
war. led staff officials to decide this
Initial force should not bo less than
1,500,000 equipped, seaaoned, per
fectly trained trooa.
"The general staff at' the outset
of the European war," Scott said,
"gave as Its opinion thut our system
should be able to furnish 500,000
fully trained and organised mobile
troops nt tho outbreak of a war and
to have at least 500,0(10 more avail
able within 00 days.
' "In Its report the general .staff
pointed out that two hostile expedi
tions alone would provide a force
large enought to cope with our one
million mobile troops and that we
must, at the outset, provide a sys
tem to raise and train, In addition,
five hundred thousand 'troops to re
pines the losses and wastage In per
sonnel incident to the war.
"However, In view or the change
that have taken place since the out
break of the European war, the ques
tion has been r-atudled. We all
agree that our system should now be
able to furnish In round numbers
1,500,000 trained and organised
troops at the outset and 1,500,000
additional within SO days.
"This la partly due to (ha fact (hat
one or the powers Involved In the
war and whose territory extends the
whole length of our northern frontier,
has Increased Ita army from a rela
tively small foroe to strength approx
imating that of the other great Euro
pean powers."
Scott emphasised that the navy of
this power England controls the
sea absolutely, and that Its merchant
marine la lufllolent "to transport
without delay over 1,000,000 soldiers
with necessary equipment." -
"Due to the fact that our northern
neighbor la an Island empire, a great
portion of any trained force it may
possess can be prepared for use In
distant theater because, being an
Island empire, the control of the sna
gives It practically Immunity rrom In
vasion. . "It should be pointed out also, thai
PAtlFIST TALK
Efl lIQFAVORvITH
ENGLISH PEOPLE
Loudon, Dec. IS. When Premier
Lloyd-George addresses parliament
tomorrow and outlines the policy of
his government, be will find the puiae
of the British people beating In
unison with that of the war council.
interest Is so Intense here todsy
on the reply the premier will mske
to Chancellor von Ilethmsnn-Holl-weg's
peace proposals and his dis
cussion of the food problem snd the
question of man power,
The temper of the British people
toward peace was Indicated when a
huge mob yesterday attacked Sylvia
Paokburat aa a "paclMst" with a
group or her aympathlsera.
Miss Pankhurat attempted to hold
a "demonstration" at the Bst India
dock gates to demand peace. An
angry crowd quickly gathered and
rushed Miss Psnkhurst snd her party
rrom their fet. Police Interrerence
put an end to the dmonstrstton, but
a Jeering crowd followed the woman
to police headquarters, where the
prisoners were held under ball for
examination by a magistrate.
It Is expected Lloyd-George will
give a brier and comprehensive re
view or the war In his apeerh, and
will outline what his been accomp
lished under the other regime, and
what he expects to accomplish
through the war council.
.Comment on the more . intimate
incidents which led to the recent gov
ernmental upheaval and placed
Lloyd-George at the head or the cab
inet is not expected.
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llltlTIHIf FORKION OiWK . .
GETS GERMAN PKACK NOTE
Ixmdon, Dec, 18. American Am
bassador Page today delivered the
ftermsn .peace note to tho Itrltbih
foreign office.
SUPPLY OF FOOD
London, Doc. 18. Food control
went Into effect throughout England
today. Regulations curtailing meats,
which tiecame effective today, were
met by the British people with a
sort or schoolboy good humor, en
tirely tolerant and -ungrudgingly.
"I ate too much anyway; the rood
control will help me reduce." ,
This expression Indicated general
sentiment oa the new, regulations be
camo operative. A rew lovers of food
have devised "trick menus," which
circumvent the purpose of the food
curtailment, but compliance with the
new rulings is more general.
Questions galore have been raised
by the regulations and their opera
tions. One or the problems which
faced the Londoner at dinner, was
whether two helpings from one course
constituted two courses, for the num
ber of courses Is limited by the law.
our northern neighbor Is In close al
liance with a powerful oriental na
tionanother Island empire and,
for the same reason, when acting In
alliance with a power which has con
trol or the sea, has ability to send
Its army or 1,150,000 fighting men to
any part or the world without danger.
"I think a mere statement of these
raets makes It clear that we are prac
tically defenseless before the veteran
armies of our northern neighbors
and could easily be crushed by the
existing coalition of England and
Japan."
In discussing the national guard
and the national guard system, Scott
emphasised the distinction between
the Individuals composing the" per
sonnel and tha mllltla system and a
national poller, Ha highly praised
tha spirit and willingness to learn
that InVbuss tha majority or the mem
bers of thli force add the personal
sacrifices made hy many of the men,
Scott gave figures to show that:
Tha namei of 47,767 men out of
90,000, or mora on tha rolls of the
mllltla - organisations called v to do
border service., dloaoueared during
transition from state to federal ser
vice, Of this nunYber 18,751 were
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TWQHYS GET
CONTRACT
FOR RW
fan Will Bdd Twesty-Ee
Line In (Wcrca, asd Al
so Arssssces Bildirg of
CO. C Witiia Year
San Francisco, Dec. 18. A con
tract bas been let by Julius Krutt
scbnltt and John D. Spreckels to
built 20 mllea of railroad for the
San Diego ft Arliona railroad com
pany, on the Colorado desert, through
the Imperial valley, according to
statements here today. ,
John Twohy snd his son, of Port
land, will get the contract and will
be paid $1,000,000 for the work.
According to a statement by the
elder Twoby, who is at a local hotel
his compsny Is also to build within
a year SO mllea of road In south
western Oregon for tha California, ft
Oregon Coast railroad for $1,500,-
000. . . .. y
"We have closed the contract to
build 20 miles or railroad for the
San Diego ft Arliona railroad." was
Twohy's statement. "We will also
build within a year eome SO mllea of
railroad to and through the Illinois
valley out from Grants Pass from the
Southern Pacific's Mount Shasta
route In a southwesterly direction to
ward California. 'Both Jobs will call
for several thousand men."
Eastern capital la said to be be
hind the Twohys in tha C. ft O. C.
road, which, from the northern etate
line, haa aurveys Into both Crescent
City and Eureka. '
IKAI MAN AT WUKKL
OP FIGHTING AIRCRAFT
Berlin, via Bayrllle, Dec 18. How
Lieutenant Boelcke, Gorman's prem
ier airman found an enemy airship
loft with even klel and a dead man
at the wheel, was told In a graphic
series of papers made public today
by tha press bureau. They were the
reports which Boelcke made rrom
October 1914 up to tha time he was
killed In action recently.
Boelcke's' reports Indicated the un
usual distance between fighting air
craft was 828 feet, sometimes only
120 or 150 feet. One time Boelcke
pursued a French machine to within
nine or ten feet and he detailed how
when a collision soemed certain, he
turned hla machine and tha enemy
aeroplane turned upside down. ,
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SEEK SOLDIERS FOR
UNCLE JAM'S ARMY
A recruiting station for the United
States army haa been opened here
at 852V4 Sixth street, and .will 1e
In charge of Sergeant W. D. Schuster.
The station will be located here for
a period or yeara. Theflnal touches
are being put on the office by Seargant
O. Kreyser, who has charge of tha
opening or tha different offices In the
state, and It will be Inspected tomor
row by Col. Oh as. A. Varnum, or
Portland.
The army Is now offering hotter
Inducements than ever, according to
Sergeant Schuster, and every person
has the chance to pursue his trade.
Schools are being established and
civilian teacher employed to give
the soldiers a good education. The
men also stand a chance of promo
tion and may rise to the head or
their profession. Young men be
tween the age or II and 82 have a
chance to enter West Point as cadets,
us tha president haa the power of
naming a certain number each year.
During tha poet five months, be
tween 100 and 150 men have Joined
the army from Oregon. Of these,
45 were recruited from high achool
In Portland. I
GENERAL SARRAIL
French Cemmsnder 'yVha Has
Captured Menastlrn tsrvls.
Photo by American Prr Anortatlon
SUNDAY LEADS, ! ,
FOR DRY BOSTON
Boston, Dec. 18.-r-The most dram
atic campaign this city has ever seen
on the question of whether Boston
snail license liquor dealers, comes
to an end todsy. Tomorrow the
voters will settle the question at the
polls.
Billy Sunday, field general for the
dry forces, will hurl the final blast
Into the liquor Interests' camp. To
night at the tabernacle, the militant
evangelist, who has led the greatest
fight the dry forces ever have made,
will sound the charge In a wind-up
addresa.
Lined up on the aide of prohibition,
seconding Sunday, are many or the
city's leading cltitens. President
Emeritus Eliot or Harvard university.
Major Henry Lee Hlgglnson, Court
ney Guild, Paul Revere Frothlng
ham, and Former Governor Fobs, are
amopg' the leaders.
Tha latter has made' an extraord
inary offer to the city of Boston. He
has agreed to make good to the city
for rive years,any loss of revenue
that may result from the clty'a go
ing dry. It they wilt give him, for
tire yeara one-half of any savings or
tha city may make directly or Indi
rectly a a resnlt of this. He has
agreed to poet a bond or one million
dollars to protect the city.
The wet adherents have enlisted
In their cause hundreds of promin
ent business men throughout the city
and have apent thousands of dollars
in advertising.
Publlo demonstrations were held
throughout the city yesterday by both
sides. More than fifty rallies are
scheduled by the "no license" forces
today, avhlle the wets will canvass
every quarter of the city.
'The Tralla of the 8enpent," per-
haps the greatest of the great serm
ons Billy 8unday haa delivered
against the liquor forces here was
flrtd red hot to two overflow au
diences of men at the Tabernacle
yesterday toy the revivalist. Over
8,000 led by Foes, "hit the trail,"
while 80,000 cheered and stamped
and pledged themselves to vote
"dry."
CKNTRAL POWRIW WANT
NEUTRALS TO OUT lH'SY
Rome, Dec. 18. The central
powers have urged the pope and the
United States to back up their peace
nroposala, aooordlng to a report in
circulation here today.
".fry ,. t
CHANAIS
SLOW WITH
REPLY
Decides c( Uexkan Chief
Rezar&g Prctccel Ar
jrarjed hj J:id Cczzis
coa Net Yet kzzzxtl
Philadelphia, Dec. 18. Carranxa's
decision regarding tha border pro
tocol signed at Atlantic City, was still
unrevealed this afternoon. Alberto
J.Pal, who presented this document
to the first chief, occupied tha entire
morning session in making a verbal
report of his interview with Carransa
at Queretaro, to the American and
Mexican commissioners. He offered
no written document from Carransa.
The Joint session adjourned at
noon and the American commission
ers went Into secret conference short
ly afterward. The Joint meeting will
resume at 8 o'clock. '
Neither aide would divulge the
nature of his statement. , Only In
ferences can be drawn from tha fact
that he offered no written report
It la aald that 'Secretary Lane will
not sea J. J. Rawea, tha Villa repre
sentative, who arrived here from New
York today.
XO VXKMPIOYED IN
PORTLAXD FOR XMAS IMXXER
Portland, Dec 18. For many
yeara the Oregon-Washington Rail
road ft Navigation company haa given
a Christmas dinner to the unemploy
ed. This Christmas tha dinner is
abandoned, it waa announced today,
aa there are no unemployed in Port
land to eat R.
VILLA NOW CONTROLS
SOUTHERN CHIHUAHUA
El Paso, Dec. 18. Advices to min
ing men here today state that a force
of Villlstaa has reoccupied Parral,
following the recapture of Jimines
and Santa Rosalia, putting tha en
tire southern part of Chihuahua state
again under control of Villa. All tha
bridges between Ortis and Santa
Rosalia on the Mexican railway line
have been burned.
WITH CARRAIIZA
El Paso, Dec. 18. Intimating that
First Chief" Carransa will Institute
an Investigation Into the conduct of
General Murgla tor hla failure to
come to the relief or Chihuahua City
several weeks ago, .General Trevino
left here last night en route to Mex
ico City for a conference with Pres
ident Carransa. :
Trevino denied that his action In
evacuating the city has been criti
cised by the Mexican administration
and stated that lack or ammunlton
and fear for the safety or non-com-
'batanta caused hs abandonment of
tha northern capital.
According to Trevlno'a statements,
Murgla.stayed six days at Santa Ro
salia and although within 25 miles
of Chihuahua Olty when the attack
began, he failed to come to the aid
of the garrison.
Because of the need of rolling
stock for troop movements, General
Murgla, Cnrranslsta commander at
Chihuahua City, haa ordered all pas
senger trains ' discontinued to and
Irom Chlhauhua City,
LIVE BABY BOY. AS
PRIZE FOR DANCERS
Lynn, Mass., Deo. 18. Clergymen
and society women to the contrary
notwithstanding, local' Knights of
Pythias will give a lira three-months
old taby boy aa first price to tha
champion danolng couple at their
ball.
RESTORATlOii OF
CELG1U11 OUST
CQOTTII PEACE
Washington, Dee. 18. United
States officials are convinced today
there can be no formal discussion of
peaca nntll Germany and Austria
avow their willingness to restore Bel
glum and Serbia, and until all na
tions involved are ready to disarm
oa a rather large scale.
. In hla forthcoming speech, Prem
ier Lioyd-Oeorg of England, la ex
pected to insist on such terms and a
fundamental groundwork for any
formal parleya and such action oa
hla part would serve to "pass the
buck" back to Germany.
Moreover officials believe he will
cuiMne fully What the allies are fight
ing for, hut In no circumstances will
ha voice a scornful or flat rejection
of the Oerman offers. ,
' The United Press is In a position
today to give a dttalled outline of
his government's convictions on the
several angles of peace developments.
They are: ' "
; It Is believed Germany offered
peace because her people were be
coming restive; It la believed the
people of all countries want peace
America Included ao long as there
ia no sacrifice of tha principles for
which tha fighting haa been going
o- . ' ..' ' . - -'.
This government la convinced there
can toe no formal discussion of peace
unless suck discussion carries .as
avowed willingness of Germany and
Austria to restore France, Belgium
and Serbia. ; ,; -,
- There can he no peaca without as
surances of disarmament on a large
scale tnr all countries wttk some plan
for alliance of nations to prevent
future ware. "
' No reason Is seen why Lloyd-
George, when be addresses tha com
mons ahould fail to outline the gen
eral peaa terms of tha allies.
Unequivocal rejection of the Oer
man proffer would Immediately react
to England'e disadvantage in neutral
countries. It Is believed.
It would also result In embittering
tha Oerman people to the point where
they would unite even mora solidly
than ever behind tha government, the
fcm of which England desires to des
troy.
' Tha German people would then be
convinced the allied war on them
waa one against their existence, and
would fight to tha death.
As a result of these convictions,
this government believes Lloyd
George may say what-England and
her allies regard as necessary v to
make peace possible. Should he do
this, the belief Is strong that Ger
many night be 'forced toy her own
people to acquiesce to such terms as
do not threaten her existence.
On the other hand, should the Brit
ish premier stand by his recent dec
laration, that the war must go on
"to a knockout," little hope of peace
Is aeen and every posstbllty of grave
danger to hla country's friendly re
lations with the Teutonic powers.
PROTECTION FOR
SEA COAST CITIES
Washington, Dec. 18. American
seas coast cities on tho Pacific and
Atlantic will be made safe from any
hostile attack 'now known within the
coming twelve months,. Major Gen
eral B. M. Weaver, chief of the coast
artillery service, told the house mil
itary committee today. , .
"Our coast defense will be able to
protect amply all cltiea we are chars
ed with protecting, and stand off any
naval attacks wa can now conceive
of," 'Weaver told the committee.
. Within the year 30,000 yard range
guns out of sight ranged will be
Installed at the 'row coast defense
stations not now possessing them.
Weaver aald.
Tha new coast defense at San Fran-
cteoo will ba equipped with 164nch
40,000-yard range guns.
Eva, Vashblnder, teacher at Hol
land, ts In' ths city for short time.
ittii?
sessio;;
Tha Josephine County Agricultural
council is in session today at the
Commercial dub rooms, and Is out
lining a program of work to ba fol
lowed by tha county agent during tha
year 1117. Present at the meeting
of tha council are C. J. Hard, or
ganizer of state granges, and M. O.
Evans, assistant leader of county
agents of tha state. .
Ttm agricultural council Is com
posed of one members from .each of
the granges within tha county, aad
also from each other general organ
ization within the county, the Po
mona,' fruit association, and Com
mercial dub. Those " participating
are A. Wyiberg.'preeldent, represent
ing tha fruit growers' association;
A. J. Green, Rogue River grange;
H. 11. Gorbam, Martin, grange; C T.
Sweeney, Murphy grange; J. H. Har
ris, Fruitdala grange; V, h. TJpm
Jr., Pomona grange; Robert Ran
dolph, Wllderrille Farmers club; A.
J. Folk. Illinois Valley grange; Sept.
Das. HulL, . T. HuU rorsseataUre
at large, and "V7. L. Ireland, Com
mercial dub. This is .) tha annual
meeting, and officers, will to elected
before adjournment. .
At noon tha members of tha council
were guests at tha Commercial etas
luncheon, and A. Wylberg, president
of the council, presided. - Ha first
Introduced C. J. Hurd, of ' Eugene,
stats organiser of granges. Mr. Hurd
spoke for a better fellowship between
the people of city and country, asd
commended the spirit which ha found
here where tha two dements of com
munity life seemed to abide in harm
ony. . .
M. O. Evans, assistant state leader,
spoke of tha work which is being ac
complished in the state and the na
tion by the county agent Hs said
that hut few of the agents were un
der tha handicap (which had been
placed upon Mr. Thompson in Joss
phi ne county, that of acting oth as
agriculturist and as county fruit In
spector. The fruit Inspector, hs Said,
was apt to run afoul a number sf t
troublesome questions that would
make ixl work as county agent mors
difficult. Ha urged that alt give
every assistance to ths county agent
In his efforts for agriculture and
horticulture. . . . .
County Agent Thompson rotlowed. .
He said that as fruit inspector he
should 'certainly try to follow a line
of duty that he felt ha owed the fruit
growers of ths district, and that he
should fed repaid if he told the right
foundation even If in enforcing or
chard regulations ha might knock
some of the foundation from under,
himself.
Chairman Wylberg closed with aa
appeal for an Individual co-operation.
He said that if eaoh individual
sought means wherefby he could co
operate with his neighbor, It would .
bring results even better than toy co
operating through organised bodies.
EASTLAND DISASTER CASES
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Washington, Dee. 18. The su
preme court today extended until
January 15 tha time given Federal
Judge Kenesaw M. Landls, Chicago,
to show causa why his order consol
idating hundreds of damage claims
against the Indiana Transportation
company, growing out of tha East
land disaster, ahould not toe reversed,
as asked by the company. Tha com
pany wanta to try separately coses,
of heirs of victims of the disaster.
Ed. Austin was a Medford Visitor
Sunday, returning here last night .
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