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PAGE TWO DAILY AOQOI RIVER OOU1 RUB WKUMMUAY, MARCH HI, 1017 DAILY BOGUE RIVER COURIER " Published Dally Except Saturday A. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. WILFORD ALLEN. , Editor Entered at the Poatofflce. Grants Pass, . Ore., u second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display spaoe, per inch lac Local or personal column, per line 10c Readers, per line Se DAILY COURIER "By mall or carrier, per year....t(.00 By mall or carrier, per month 60 WEEKLY COURIER By mail, par year. $1.50 TVLL rVTTED PRK88 LEASED WIRE SERVICE MEMBER Sute Editorial Association. Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Assn. Audit Bureau of Circulation. WEDXKsl)AY, MAKCH 1, 191 T , OREGON WEATHER ' - - -.. i ' " Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy west, unsettled, prob- 4 ably rain or snow east portion; light frost west portion tonight. . Westerly winds. CAPITAL SEEKING MINING IN ' VESTMENT. . The air Is filled with rumors of pending mining deals that will as . ,tonlah southern Oregon when they 'are consummated. Representatives ' of the leading mining Interests of the country have been in this dis trict during the past several months, and negotiations are under way for the transfer of many of our best known properties. These changes j will mean the bringing of unlimited ' . capKal to the development and op eration of the mines. During the - ' week tt was reported in the Portland preae that the Blue Ledge mine had been sold to Salt Lake parties for , $75,000 through the agency of Dr. . Reddy of this cKy. This sale has not yet toeen dosed, twit an option Is out on the property, and as this ' expires April 1st, word is anticipated any day of the dosing of the deal. It Is also known that options are held on two of the biggest placer properties in Josephine county. Min ing experts are making detailed sur- J veys and reports indicate that they are more than pleased with the showings made. The most significant developments ' are those of the copper and chrome mines. The latter is an entirely new branch of the mining industry. last year seeing the first ton of '.chrome iron ore shipped from this district.' This season every ton that It Is possible to produce will And ready market, buyers having been -searching the district all winter. Of the copper mines, those most con versant with the situation state that the number of ' men given employ ment In the production of the red metal will number thousands in this territory before the year is gone. It has already assumed a commanding position In the commerce of Jose phine county, yet Its possibilities are. hardly touched. A .PARALLEL CONDITION The International situation con fronting President Wilson and con gress today is parallel In many re spects to that facing President Mc Klnley and bis congress hi 1898, state advices from the national cap . Ital. ' The American battleship Maine waa sunk on February 16, 1898. On April 21 the American fleet met this aggression by blockading the harbors of Cut. On April 25 . President McKlnley sent a message to congress asking a joint resolution, declaring a state or war had existed between the kingdom or Spain and the republic of the United States since April 21. This Joint resolution was panned and the burden of responsibility for hostilities placed upon Spain. Today Germany is guilty of slnk Ing American merchant ships. To meet these Illegal acts of aggression, President Wilson will appear before ' congress April I. He Is expected to ask a Joint resolution, declaring that a state of war has existed be tween the German government snd Nothing Better Than our ROYAL RAKING KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST the United 8tatea since the date of Germany's aggression. Congress is expected to comply with the request. The burden of responsibility tor war will then rest upon Germany. The United States never has de clared war technically against any nation. When congress convenes this coun try wilt declare Itself In a state of war for the first time in nineteen years to a month. EMERGENCY PEACE FEDERATION REBVKEO Washington, Mar. 51. A stinging rebuke was given by Secretary of Commerce Red field today to mem bers of the emergency peaoe federa tion which he declared constitutes an organisation and doctrine whldh is directly promotive of attacka on American citlxens and property." BOTTLES OF BOOZE MINE FOR BOOTLEGGER Portland, Mar. 21. Twenty-five cents sn ounce was the retail price of real Scotch whiskey bere today. This was revealed when the police arrested Jess Hall, who has Just rea lised 800 per cent on two quarts of Scotch. AGF.n WOMAN FOLLOWS HVSUANO TO THE GRAVE Portland, Mar. 21. Mrs. Ezra Al len Muller, .80 years old. Is dead to day, Just eleven days alter the death or her husband, with whom she had lived for 61 years. WATER PORTERS OF QUITO. The Funny Way Thsy Have In Deliver ing Thsir Liquid Lead. ! About a fouutniu iu one of the prln- ' clpsl squares of Quito, the capital of i Ecuador, assemble erery morning the city's sguadores. These water porters differ from the less euergctlc ones of J some South American cities in carry ing their Jan upon their bucks Instesd j of on the backs of mules. Tbelr earth- I en Jars are deep, have a wide mouth and bold about forty pints. The porter carries It on bis shoulder fastened with leuttier straps. He never j detaches himself from bis Jar either to fill It or to transfer its contents to that of his customer. lie turns his back to the fountain so that the Jar comes under one of the Jets of water and listens to the sound of the water tu tbe Jar, and bis ear Is so well trained that be always walks away at the exact moment when It Is filled to the brim. Arriving at the bouse of a customer, he goes to the household Jsr, makes a deep bow and disappears behind a tor rent of water. Foreigners can never receive without laughing tbe visit of tbelr aguador, tbe respectful little mau who bows to one behind tbe cataract of water. l-os Angeles Times. OLDEST MAP IN THE WORLD. It Prevse That Poets! Route Were1 Used In Abraham's Tim. Postal routes of .'1.500 years sgu. when the psreel post and tbe cJruulat big library slready had beeu In ex istence at least HUO years, are sbowu ou the world's oldest map, a treasure tbut was discovered among tbe Nippur tablets In the inuscuiu of the l'nl"cr slty of Pennsylvania by Dr. Stephen Luugduii, the orientalist from Oxford university. Dr. Laiiitdnu considered lliu map not only the oldest, hut tin bent preserved that has coin down from antiquity. Dating before the time of Abraham, tbe map shows a comprehensive sur vey of the region iiboiit Hie tempi or Nippur and Indicates tlmt the ei unli y wui under a high stut uf Intensive cultivation. CiiiiiiIs were numerous snd served bulb for irrigation snd trans portation. They were tbe mall routes, and n tag baa been found for n basket or "bool;" nr literary tablets sent from the library of the Nippur temple to a town shout six miles distant, Hliurup pek. According to Babylonian tradi tion Noah lived at this town aud built the ark (here. Tbe tag waa Used about 2M0 B, C, CttFFKKM THIS SPICKS EXTRACTS OLIVE A NO SALAI OILS 1TRK KXTRACTKO AND tUMU HONEY POWDKK 40c . RUSSIA PROPOSES A Petrograd, Mar. 21 New Russia proposes to raise a new. liberal loan. Under the provisional government to day, plans were under way to pro mote such an issue, to be subscribed to by the people of Russia. Carrying forward Its policy or uniting the peo ple, the government today Issued this appeal to the army: "The people of Russia will fee able to carry through successfully reor ganisation or lire at home, provided they are well defended from an out side enemy. The government Is con fident that the army, mindful of this fact, will maintain Its nower and solidarity of discipline Intact, and will do Its utmost to bring the war to a victorious end." GCllTY OF LAUNCHING CONSPIRACY AGAINST ENGLAND New York. Mar. 21. Albert O. Sander and Carl N. Wunneberg. form er newspapermen, who were charged by the government with launching a military enterprise against England from thla country, today withdrew their pleaa of not guilty and pleaded guilty In the federal district court here. Judge Van Fleet, who heard the pleas, announced he would pass sentence tomorrow. George Vaux . Bacon, American newspaperman, one of several sent to England as alleged spies, testified against the men (before the federal grand Jury. k. The men are apeclflcally charged with sending Bacon and other news papermen to England, tor the pur pose of obtaining Information con cerning military matters and the food supply. The information was tor the ii Be or the U boats. It Is alleg ed that other operatives, who were working under the guise or "war film men," transmitted the Information to Ilai'on who forwarded it to the Ger man military authorities. The film "business," it Is said, was merely a ruse. WANT NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH Kl'HHIA Washington, Mar. 21. The Amer ican government Intends to undertake negotiation of. a new commercial treaty with Russia after the new gov ernment of that country has been recognized. The first steps toward recognition came today when Am bassador Rakhmeteff presented to the ftato department formal notice that the new regime has been created amounting to a request for recog nition. ' GIM CHl'NU China Herb Store Herb cure, lor earyche, headache, catarrh, diphtheria, ' sore throat, lung trouble, kidney trouble, stom ach trouble, heart trouble, chills sndJ tever, cramps, cougna, poor circula tion, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, curea all kinds of . goiters. NO OPKRATION. - Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18, 1917 TO WHOM IT MAY OONCBRN: This Is to certify that I,; the un dersigned, hsd very severe stomach trouble and had been bothered for several years and last .August was not expected to live, and hearing of Olm Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 241 South Front street In Medford) 1 de cided to get herbs for my stomach trouble, and 1 started to feeling bet ter as soon as I used them, and today am a well man and can heartily rec ommend anyone afflicted as I was to see film Chung and try his Herbs. (Signed I W. R. JOHNSON. ' Witnesses: , M. A. Anderson, Medford, ', ,' 8. B. Holmes, Ragle Point. Frrnk lwls, Eagle Point, Wm lwl. Ragle Point. . W. l Chlldretb, Eagle Point. C. K, Moore, Ragle Point. J. V. Molntyr,. Eagle Point. Geo. I). Von ds Hellen, Rntle Point Thos, K, Nichols, Esgle Point., John 8, Orth, Medford , RETREAT OF GERMANS PART OF WAR PLAN Berlin, via wireless to thoi United , Press, Mar. i I . Germany la rvt ree ling to a victory; another master .stroke has been achieved by Field ! Marshal von Hlmlenburg, and the en tente a plans for a great spring of fensive have been destroyed. This. In brief, la the official ex planation given for the first time to day to the United Press of Germany's retirement on the western front. Ger many la retiring to a victory, because her armies are taking their place In new iHMtltlons long prepared. Those positions embody the new est lessons or the war. They will force the enemy to learn their trade all over.' They would tie astound ed If their full details would be re velled, according to derma n officials. They may effect a transformation of the entire character of eh war. In the meantime Germany had been Rearing the whole country In front ot these new positions. They are miles back or 'the present line. The whole country Intervening be tween the old German line and the new one has, by necessity of war and necessity of the new German plane, been made a wilderness, (loads have Nn destroyed: the whole ter rain baa been made dlltU-ull or pas aage. Ml means of communication have been effaced. . Some villages have disappeared; some have been only partly wrecked. Not only has a free aone ot fire been obtained by such a procedure, but tb ufmy must come forward slowly over the ground so hazardous of passage. In the new positions the Herman forces will face an enemy either hur riedly brought up over thla difficult wilderness and, because of this hurry, insufficiently supplied, or an enemy which ha come forward very slowly. because of necessity ot building np the'eoontry. In either event, the enemy will be at u disadvantage. Months of toil by a million German soldiers have been expended In perfecting the new German line. Tbe German forces will be entrenched In tbe strongest possible defense, protected by for ests of barbed wire entanglements. A free fire, zone In front will give them clear view ot the enemy. Guns have "been'carerullV ranged over all rhls forefleld. The enemy must come up; dig Itself In; must arrange trans port of millions of tons of ammuni tion, or food and of supplies over the wilderness left behind by the Ger mans In their retreat. The allies will face German force prepared for every contingency and protected aa an army waa never pro tected before by long preparations. It has been Impossible to carry out this program of a retreat, leaving behind a wilderness, without severe hardship to the French clvlllnn In habitants. But the move Is demand ed. Officials also point out that the new line selected by the German army chiefs Is not one picked haphazard. It was not ono where the fortune of battle have forced digging In and a consequent strengthening, such as the old line. The buttle of the Murne, which was unfavorable to Germany, forced German troops to make their Stand wherever they could, Irrespec tive ol natural advantages. They have hod to withstand many months or pressure by entente troops since that time. Therefore, the old line waa not taken up because of special advantages. The new tine Is. It lies In the position where engineers and strate gical experts have chosen ever fea ture of topography as an aid. All natural advantages have been utilised and developed. All thla change comes at the very point where Germany's enemies had planned a new spring offensive and an offensive (backed this time with re doubled power. ' The French and British had planned to take the in itiative from the old positions, which they had perfected. Tbe German withdrawal secures tor Germany -the Initiative for the fighting, while putting their enemies at a disadvantage because they will lack prepared positions. As officials here expressed It- the entente troops must now go forward over deserted fields Into uncertainty, facing, unknowing, th sinister pos sibilities of latest master stroke of Hlndsnburg. German experts thlpk weeks and months will psss before the entente can strike at the real bulwarks of the new German system, Even before t'hls strike, they will be compelled to make enormous sacrifices. German soldiers 'have labored like imta to chsnge the face or the coun try, ' ' ' Not only will Germany have the Special Tablet Sale K.VTItl V .VIA EH AMI I'NHl'I.KI) 1.KTM, AT lit See Our Demaray's advantage or a carefully prepared line In her new move, but German army oltl.-ers pointed out today, through shortening her front, Germany can save her offensive power. That sav ing may be of decisive Importance In future operations to follow very soon. The shortened line will free a large number of troops. Not only will (ler many have rneae men but the vie torliiua army which countered Ron mania I likewise free. SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS (Continued from Page II up to the president of the I'nlted States to 'deride on active steps against Germany snd German mili tary and naval rnttitesineea and to lead the country without timidity over the situation, without asking "Does the country wish me to do this!" It waa In the face of overwhelming sentiment that rhe president today decided not to await the few more days until April If, the date he had set In a former proclamation, for an extraordinary session. Wilson's' action of today 4a Inter preted by some of his cabinet aa meaning the president at last has lost the last vestige of patience- and hope that the war chasm might ul timately lie bridged. Many of theiu, at first knowledge of the news believed a specific dec laration or actual hostilities Invaf uabla. Surface Impression of high officials today were that President Wilson .and Secretary tinker shortly may confer with wsr college heads and Senator Chamberlain regarding the best form of universal service to urge before congress. There will be powerful congres sional pressure brought to-bear, for adopting at once such a land defense program. Heads of the militia divi sion of the war department, while clone-mouthed today, showed similar activity to Chat displayed In the branch Immediately preceding the president's mobilisation or the na tional guard tor border duty. As land defense matters now stand military heads have for weeks open ly condemned a condition that gives them what many believe Is an In sufficient force even tor protection or some or the most Important and strategic army buildings, railroad bridges and tunnels, etc., unless each state Is called upon to furnish stste troops for protection of such property within their respective borders. While navy department foeads were as uncommunicative immeoisieiy mi lowing the extra session call, as were army officials, It waa believed that OVERLAND LIMITED Extra Fare $10.00 63 HOURS TO CHICAGO Close Connections with Limited Train East Leave Ian Francisco, i,...4:0 P. M. ) Arrive Omaha 1:10 P. hi. Arrive Chicago .:P A. M. Observation Car, Ladles Parlor Library, Buffet, Clubroom ', Standard Sleeping Ca- Unexcelled Dining Car I Write or isk local axeut JOHN M, SCOTT, General fasseugrr Agent ' - " Portland SOUTHERN PACIFIC - UNION PACIFIC IN IU till lU'l.KH W ill i ING TAIL . CENTS EACH Window Drug and Stationery Store the call for the mobilisation ot the naval mtlltla Is not far off In fact that such a call might precede any similar rail tor slate lend troopa. Portland. Mar. J I. Today's mar ket quotations were: Wheat - Club, 103; bliiestem, 1(1. Oats No. 1 white reed, 37.00. Herley Feed, 3.li. Hogs Heat live, 14 60. Prim steers. ,50 V I.7&; fancy rows, K.tiO; best calve, 10.00. 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