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PAGB TWO DAILY ROOnt RIVER COURIER TI KWM.W, MAIM H . P3JBBESE38HI 0 Published Dally Except Saturday A. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. W1LFORD ALLEN, - - Editor Entered at the Poetofflce, Grant Pass, Ore., a second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch 1c Local or personal column, per line 10c Readers, per line be DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year....t(.00 Ry mall or carrier, per month 50 FVLX, UNITED PRK88 LEASED WIRE SERVICE . . ;. ; MEMBER . State Editorial Association. Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Assn. ' Audit Bureau of Circulation. TUESDAY, MA1WH liU, 117. OKEGOM WEATHER , Tonight and , Wednesday oo- f casional rain west, partly cloudy east portion; southerly winds. 4 APOSTLE OP BETTER FARMING Hardy W. Campbell, apostle of better (arming, will speak to the peo ple of this district at the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce, next Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock. . Mr. Campbell comes from his Nebraska home to preach the doc trine of better farming to the beet growers and other farmers of Ore gon, and he came direct to Grants Pass to make his start He comes through the agency of Southern Pa cific officials who want Campbell's methods of progressive agriculture made known In the territory from which they draw their trade, and he ' was accompanied by W. F. Miller, of the traffic department. : Mr. Campbell was.taken 6n a short trip through the district below town by Samuel Story of the sugar com pany and will visit other districts later. He will then go to San Fran cisco to get a large number of lan tern slides showing farming methods and conditions .and will return to Grants Pass Friday evening. He will remain here several days, speaking Saturday afternoon to the general puWic, and at the Chamber of Com merce puncheon Monday noon. Mon day and Tuesday he will visit any of the farms and explain his theories and practices with special reference to oil conditions. The subject of Mr. Campbell's ad dress Saturday will be 'Soil tillage and Its relation to crop production." For S 7 years Mr. Campbell has been - an authority on soil preparation and tillage, and has evolved methods that have made many of the semi-humid regions of the west most productive. He is not alone an advocate of cer tain tillage methods, but carries his work along all lines of the farming Industry. The methods of planting, he says, are as important as tillage, and he . Illustrated by stating that In the drier parts of Nebraska, corn would give no crop at all planted and grown by usual methods. "But," said Mr. Campbell, "this same land was found to produce corn if only one talk was grown in a place and spaced 80 Inches apart. Where each stalk under this condition produces one 10-ounce ear, the yield Is SO bushels per acre." Campbell's addrees here Saturday will be Illustrated by many fine lantern slides, and every man Interested In farming Is Invited. ' , THE BONE DRY LAW Attorney-General Geo. M. Brown has rendered an opinion on the op eration of the "bone-dry" law, and the points covered In the opinion given out by the attorney general are briefly as follows: . 1. Can permits be Issued to drug tores to purchase alcohol to be used by them In their business without the druggist not Intending to soil alcohol? Yes. , 2. Can druggists compound a prescription of a physician for medi cine containing alcohol, when such medicine Is not Intended to, nor capable of being used as a beverage, without first filing a bond as requir ed? Yea, 3. , Since It Is unlawful for a phy sician to write a perscrlptlon for Marmalades GRAPE FRUIT POM-OR-LEM OM PUItK SALAD OIL v 1TKK OI.IVK OIL KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST medicine 'containing alcohol and some drugs, whloh when compound ed Is likely and fairly capable of be ing used as a beverage, and such prescription is issued by such physi cian and delivered by the patient and the same is filed, who la liable? Both. - 4. When may ethyl alcohol "be sold by a registered pharmacist up on prescription of a physician? The physician must be in good standing, actually engaged in the practice of hit profession in this state and not of Intemperate or immoral habits, and not addicted to the use of nar cotlc drug. Each such prescrip tion shall state on its race in the English language the general na ture of the ailment for which such alcohol is prescribed, the name and address of the patient for whom pre scribed and the physician Issuing the same. 5. I a, retail druggist who does not sell alcohol, and who has not filed the bond required In paragraph (c) of section 6, where "registered pharmacists conducting, or employed In retail drugstorea, are authorized to sell ' alcohol for medical. - me chanical and scientific purposes, to whom permits or prescriptions for ethyl alcohol have been issued In compliance with the terms of this act," etc., required to make the re port and file his in davit provided for tn paragraph ( 1 ) of section of the prohibition law? Vet, if he pur chases alcohol. E CMS ABDICATION Petrograd, Mar. 20. The Grand Duke Nicholas cemented his alliance with the people In the Russian rev olution and added to his popularity today when it became known that it was he who had really Induced Czar Nicholas to a txl lea te. It was revealed that the grand duke held a lengthy audience with the czar and urged this step upon him prior to the visit of the revolu tionary committee bearing the abdi cation declaration. One other bit of history, made pub llo today, was that the action of the Russian duma In resolving to over throw the autocratic government was unanimous with the exception of 15 members who stood out for Imme diate establishment of a republic, without waiting for a popular vote and without the temporary duma committee form now governing. H4H IALIHT LKADKIt HKKM NO PRKSKXT CAUHK OK WAR New York, Mar. 20. The socialist party will register a mighty protest against war when it meets In St. Louis April 7, unless more tlangerous elements arise than the present crisis, according to Allan L. Benson, social ist candidate for the presidency last fall. "I am not In favor of war yet," he said today. "I cannot see where there Is any crisis. And I .don't know any socialist that would favor a war as a result of the present sit uation'. We are going to meet to discuss what will be our attitude If wnr should come from this situa tion." Editor's Trouble. Penman An editor must bars many trials, mustn't lie? Wright-Well, ours linn, lie hus bocu hauled up tlirco time fur libel and six limes for specdlng.Kt. Louis Post Dispatch. A classified ad will give results. IOc, 80c 40c St. .W, $1.00 roR URNS, CUTS ami WOUNDS Dtmla Cueatyptua OMmwrt T U DRUQ STOMa Tuais tso jana eoo N REPORT OF mm reireai Berlin, via Sayvtlt Mar. JO. "Heavy losse to our adversaries" were detailed in today's official re port as the result of several engage ments of Infantry and cavalry de tachments "In the district abandoned to occupation by the enemy on both sides ofthe Somme and th Olse." "Preparation of the field of en gagement selected In this district made It militarily useless," the state ment continued, "which means every thing haa been made unserviceable which later could be of advantage to the enemy for his operations. "In the Ypre bend our reconnoit erhig troops brought t Englishmen from the position. x "On the left bank of the Meuse, the French In the afternoon and night directed violent attacks against posi tions gatned by us March 18. They were everywhere repulsed. "On height 304 one of our com panies spontaneously followed tho re treating enemy and conquered an ad ditional trench sector two hundred meters In width. Its garrison of 25 men was captured. "Eastern war theater. In some sectors there was livelier fighting ac tivity than during the last few days. From raids on Beresclna and the Stochod our reconnolterln; detach ments brought in 25 Russian prison ers." Our Indians. The most probable theory of th origin of the American Indian I that which links tho Indian -with the Mon goloids of East Africa, whose physical characteristics aie strikingly similar to tliow of the American aborigine. Be tween the Indian aud the Japanese there are many pronounced resem blances, snd some excellent authorities arc of the opinion that it was from that eastern nice that the Indian orig inally sprung. If, as some think, the Eskimos are the best representatives of the Indian as be was upon his ar rival here, the theory of the Japanese origin Is Immensely strengthened, since the likeness between tbe Eskimo and the Japanese fs striking. Calling cards at tbs Courier. Morse'5 .Never- fm& ems for but mulls in Spring flowars sad vafatablat. Plant now Swt fats, fai'sad otbsr Crasd Prist California Seeds Alto Cabbatfa, Carroll, Onion, Btili, Pata, Spinach, Turnisi. D.. t.l. mat Ida! tn "Jutt at rW." Cat Mena $t On lata b all LaaJlsf Daalan 1 n aultr inn aat airry Morn'a SaMi, nd 4iret far our titilofuf Frca. Yauraraar will aa araiaatly attnuitd la, G. 0. MORSE 0 CO. Seedsmen San Francisco F , hVVVlVWU IHVIIIa WAGES FOR R.R. MEN New York. Mar. SO. With the pos sibility of a railroad strike averted, both railway managers and brother hood chiefs turned their efforts to ,(ly toward a more minute study of j the situation they have brought about. I The railway have surrendered and the brotherhoods are undisputed vic tors, but both camps are today try ing to salvaKe as much as possible from the work of the past few days. I Increased freight rate seem to be 'demanded by the railroads to compen sate them for the 150,000.000 a year Increased wages. Expert estimates have shown that by bowing to the will of the train employes, the rail roada must expend this sum annu ally to meet the revised payroll. ' In th other camp the brother hood chiefs- action Is directed st the beet possible application of the Ad amson eight-hour law, and one that will prevent the law from legislat ing out strikes of employes In "a business of pubtlo Interest." The brotherhood chiefs and their counsels sat late Into the night studying the law the supreme court declared constitutional by a vote of five to four. The brotherhoods are not altogether pleased with the de cision. One part of the law specific ally states the right possessed by employes of "a business charged with a public Interest" and a to which the power to regulate commerce by con gress, applied Is "necessarily subject to limitations." W. 0. Lee, trainmen chief, declar ed he doe not believe this section prohibits strikes. "We are public servants," he said. "But we are not government em ployes. Therefore. I see nothing In the court's decision thst would pre vent striking." Eight hundred separate agreements are to be effected today. The brotherhood chiefs are to meet the railway managers' conference com mittee In the Grand Central Terminal today to take up this work. W. S. Carter, head of the firemen, Is en route back to St. I.onls. where he left his dying daughter to attend the conferences here. A telegram late Inst night summoned him bark. 1 MOItK LIGHT it sm:i O.V lAIU AXKLLKS CAMPAIGN London, - Mar. 20. Winston Churchill, when first lord of the ad miralty, planned the Dardanelles campaign to start In a selsure of the Galllpoll peninsula by a Greek army, which would permit the British fleet to enter the Sea of .Marmora, ac cording to further sections of the re port of the Dardanelles Investigating commission, made public In the house of commons today, The new matter wan that which had been excised from the report when first printed. The bonne asked for a r report on the excised sec tions, WRITER OF BRAZIL'S NOTE. Or. Lsuro Muller, Foreign Min ister, In Full Aooord With Wilson. Pnoto uy American rra ,n'latlon, In 1'iilliiliiiriill'iii ullh I'liivls HevHsc qllil. Kill zl I In n -cpi'CHelitnllve nil Hie arlilli'iillmi ti'lliiiiiiil nl The limine. I'r. 1 .11 1 1 in Muller ' I In. nilnlutep nf ruinlin nfl'iiliK, framed HiiiZH'h reply In (Ice. ninny n nirent nr uuiesiririeii nihiiiiii line will-rni'f. Dr. Mnller eiin felled also wild the iiiliilMtiir of Arxeiitlnn, Chile mid I be illpliiiniilli' repiexciiln- lives or the i lillml Hliile. Ilnir.ll is rendy to fully nii feu nurd Iter -rights, lr. Mnller says. Special Tablet Sale KXTit t v.n.i i:h XI I MM I, Kit I.KTN, AT 1.1 See Our Demaray's EXPECT STATEMENT ; FROM PRES. WILSON Washington. Mar. HO.l'resldcnt Wllsou Is expected to outline the real atatus of relations between Ihe I'nlled States snd Germauy within twenty four hours as his next Immediate step in preparing the people and the coun try for possible even probable hos tilities. A state of war now exist between the I'nlted State and th Imperial German government, it I taken for granted. There are few who believe the president will fail to acknowledge this In his first utterance. Having moved rapidly yesterday In speeding up all war preparations, es pecially as regards sea forces, the presldunt worked late Into the night In his study. Today he meets with his cabinet. Complete proof of Germany's bold affronts on the high sess Is now be fore this government an . Imposing array of war acts against the I'nlted States. The toll in two weeks amounts to four American ship and more than a score of American lives sacrificed through disregard of the rights of this country. From all over the country tele grams today poured Into th White House, demanding war. Paelflsta, for the first time since th break In dip lomatic, relation with Germany, are silent. Wanhlngton, Mar. 20. Actual dec laration or war by the I'nlted States against Germany appear to depend upon the fat which 'befalls Ihe first armed American liner. It also ap peared today that avowal of hostili ties by President Wilson, sgalnst the German government will not result from Ihe sinking of the three Am erican freighters Isst Saturday. While taking every preparedness step which he believes can lie taken, President Wilson Is loath to take further action. He has more aggressive steps un der consideration, however, and this afternoon dlscusHcd all phases of the problem, with his cabinet, which con vened at 2:30. ' it had been definitely ascertained that the president strongly questions the advisability of "forcing" the pres ent situation. He Is understood to feel that everything that possibly could be done to meet actual war now believed Inevitable- is belna done, He further questions whother calling congress Into extra session TORPEDOED. in iiutii i i.i:i WIHTIXtl TAIL t'KXTS K. II Window Drug and Stationery Store 0 Ttftbt! t. SJ.K.O Should Um1 TT8 different fror Fl otnrbcaumurrsrs la takwa in tn making1 and th material used r or higher grade. Blade Silk Stove Polish MskM a brilliant, sllty poH'b (sal dm sol rub og or dual cat, aal in ahlnataala Hmt Una aa loaf u onllnsrr Slov Bottah. Uaado Maple ! smsoU rm aarM Moaa M OM luaf Black Silk Stov Poliak Works llis. Basils ahna. naaaaaiaHBal MaaaaaaaaaaMMMM. , riiwircwimvi l before April Id would accomplish, I any particular good. I The prvfldeiit Is understood to feel jlhut the program he hs outlined thua 1 fur does not cull for actual declara tion of ur nl (his time, deaplt calls from the country for surh ac tion. If un tn huh! American ship 'is attacked, the situation -w then call for the next forward step. The president Is declared today, however, tu be considering all phase of the nltuutlon and It may be a day or two possfMy more lief ore any , further derision Is announced. Meantime ihe very fact that be has delayed this long.' hus given rise to tbe general belief In official circle that a se ion of congress before April 16 Is unlikely. I'ortlund, Mar. 20.- Today's mar ket quotations were: ' Wheat-Club. 167; hluestem, 172. Oats No. I white feed, 37.25. Hurley Feed, ilS.OO. Hog- Heal live, M.MI, Prime steers, 8. Ml 9.75; fancy cows, s.llO; be.H calves, In. 00.. Spring lainhs, 13.25. , nutter Cl!y (reamer)-, 38; coun try, L'fl. Dutterfttl Vnchanged. Eggs Selected local extras, 26. Hens, IS u Hi; broilers, 30; geese, 12 13. Copper, 30. Ds Mar In Philadelphia Rsoord,