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WKUMMUAY, MARCH HI, 1017
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WEDXKsl)AY, MAKCH 1, 191 T
, OREGON WEATHER
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' " 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,
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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. '
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Spring lambs. 13.00. (I 1J.SS.
Mutter City creamery. 3; coun
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Kgga -Selected local extras, 16,
Hens, IK If ID: broilers, 35; gees
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Portland. .Mar. 31. A strong
southwest storm which struck the
northwest court Iste yesterday, waa
somewhat abated today, according to
reports received here. Snow accom
panied the gale In many place. About
seven Inches of snow fell In tbe
lliimptullps district, near (Iray'a Har
bor. A thin film of snow covered
the ground In Portland this morning,
but It melted rapidly.
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