DAILY EDITION
VOL. VII., No, 7.
GRANTS PASS, JOBEPHINB COUNTY, OREGON,
SUNDAY, JUNK 841917
WHOLE Ml'MBKii 8M7.
GRAND DRIVE
LAUNCHED BY
TEUTON HOST
MTRONft AIIIIHHH T COSGRKHft
MA IMC BY HEAD OF Rt'HHIAN
IK'S PREPJIU WAS Ml
Th Peace for Which Ituaala Id lle
orcflUing Her Annie Impuaalhle
WKh (lnwi Aatucrary
Farts, Jun II. -Germany's a
Molt again! th rrtnrh II dm h
rrhd rh stag of a grand conn-1er-offenlv,
villi violent fighting
exotind VaualltoB, Fllln, Roylar,
FroldmoBt, Cbvlgny, Chvreux.
and other points. according to tha
French official ttmnt. Tha Tao
ton offenstv -waa vrywhr fruit-
Tha enemy' lo ara declared
heavy. Several French raid hv
been uecrully carried again
vartoue aactora of tha 0rre Una.-
For nearly a wk tha German
hv apparent!? bn preparing
powerful drlva glnat thoaa aaetlona
f tha Una whleb th Frncb had
won by neia fighting rouBd'Uo.
Tha aaaull extend oyer a front of
'M mllaa. "
Thraa daya mo tha Oerqjana bffn
making powarful drlvea at evral
potnta along thla front. aspecUlly
wbar tha French ommndd high
ground. The attaeka hav today
ta'oina conaolldata Into a co-ordinate
general offnlv. Vlolant nliht
bombardment hv preceded thoaa
ntUck.
SUGGESTS REPUBLIC
Amsterdam, Juna A copy of
a Berlin Bewepaper.' the Vorwaerts.
received here contains an account of
speech delivered by Wolfrang
Heine, a member of the Oerman
relohstag, before a aoclal democrata
meeting In Berlin recently; In which
he aald:
n..t .inca tha belligerent govern-
menta are now so Involved in the
Mtl da sac. that it is unltaeiy mai
they will coma together to talk
peace," he continued. "It only re
mains for the people themselves to
raise tholr volcea for peace, and to
take In hand the taak of removing
tha Influence of those people whose
mischievous activity la largoly blame--n.i.
. nr nd whose avowed
vmv i ' " "
Tiirflcy of domination la wrongly re-
1 ... . . il. ne.
garded abroad a tno aim oi -
.n..i and to whom muat be
III sail w
ascribed the fact that Germany la
hated by tha ntlrewori.
nit t'.ll. UMIXMIMZKH
TTIK MONHOH IKKTBINR
Washington, June 23. In notify
ing the United Statea of her revoca
tion of neutrality in the worl.1 war,
Brasll formally 1 recognliml the
-i..th f the Monroe doctrlno and
11 airw) w ,
tha "tradltlonnl frlondshlp' or the
..n n.tinns. Tha notes that wore
exchanged were made public by the
atnte dopartmont today.
i jjiV tn Pltl'XH ht'TTON
Ol'KMXH PITTSIU IUl HA.AAK
Pittsburg, June 38. President
. Wilson In the White House at Wash
. lngtoh will pies a toitton tonlKht
flooding Motor Bquare garden Irhre
with light and formally oponlng the
.Allied baiaar. ..,
" " .Governor Brumbaugh will then da-
Uvro opetring 4ilaeaaa ..:'Blght Arit.
eirlcaB cltUan rapraaantlng our al
' Mea arranfM tha exhibition and sale,
' proaaeda et wWcsv-tra to go to war
V ,. .' ' '
SCHEME IIS
TO AVOID DRAFT
OrganlaaUon In East Planned lo
Avoid HcleoUve Draft lt Ruling
' of War IXHmriiaeol '
Wuhlagton, Juna IS. Two pad
flats organisation bava launched na
tion wide campaign which, tf car
ried out, would aarloualy undermine
(ha selective draft plana of tha gov
ernment of tha Unted State. '
Theaa organisation ara declared
to have attempted to open a channel
for cp from military eervloe. It
la aald that 10,000 men of military
ag hare already enrolled under
theee plana.
Thla effort la believed to have
failed, the war department having
told tha representative of theaa or
ganliatlona that It waa unable to go
behind provision! of tha selective
law. l
TIIIIKK HOARD JUMPER OCT
' HARD LABOR AT COLO REACH
Oold Beach, Ore.,' Juoe 33. A.
McAllister. O. Ullum and II. Brown
were yesterday sentenced to 10 daya
hard labor by Juetlro of the Peace
Uttler, being found guilty, of beat
Ing tha C. and O. Lumber company,
of Brookings. Oregon, out of board
Mil and transportation from Eureka
to Brookings.
Theaa men were famished trans
portation oa an order from an em
ployment agent In Eureka condition
that thay would go to work at tha
lumbar convpany'e plant at Brook
Inge. On arrival there thay. took
u,Mm hut lrfi before dav Itcht on
tha naat morning and traveled on I
foot to Oold Beach. UVIng to the
brush at tlmea to prevent Hag seen
by parties on tha road.
TWO HrFFRAOR PICKBTS
MAKR M RPRWR ATTAtTi
Waahlngton.. June 3J.--Kacaplng
tha police which had been atatloned
outside suffrage headquartera, two
militant aulfrage pickets carried ban
nora to the White House. They were
promptly arrested by the police who
apeak of the affair aa a "eurpriee at
tack." Home, Juna 33. A aeml-offlclal
report aald 10.000 Austrlana had
been wounded, killed or Imprisoned
la the recent Trentlno offensive. '
ON AUGUST FIFTH
Washington, June , 23. Becauaa
of the time needed to properly pre
pure the cantonment camps and be
cause It haa been found that under
the present plana for drafting the
guard In three Increments, July IB,
JiUy 25 and August C. the relative
rank of Ita offlclera would be estab
lished on an unfair basis, (the na
tional defense act pfovldea that na
tional guard officers shall rank aa of
the data or draft! department has
decided to call the state militia or
ganisation of the various states In
to federal aervlce at one time, Aug
ust BV
TORS TO Tl
AT 11
Nice, France,, June 82. Firty
American aviator arrived here s to
day to undorRo a course of Instruc
tion at the aenplane depot. They
were given the rfeartlest of welcome
by tholr French comradea.
A Waehlngtotv dlapatch of June 8
atated that 100 American aviators
from the navy flying corpa had ar
rived aafoly In Franca, Thay were
th . first of tha American , fighting
force to reach that country. Tha da
taahmant Include four expert avia
tor and. many of the other, eg
pert tft flvlatV
DANIELS ASKS CONTROL
OIL AND FOOD SUPPLY
Sscretsry cf teiy Tc!!s Cc:? Tht feat cf Wtr
OpsntiCv 3j Dss J
Ccircl cf 03
Washington. June 2 J. Declaring
that the United State government
must soon commandeer all oil and
coal In tha United States. Secretary
Denial told the aenate public land
committee that tha oil and fuel sup
ply problems were serious. ,
Ha declared that if the comman
deering waa not done, the govern
ment must Immediately demand tha
opening, up of all oil and coal fields.
Ha strongly urged that tha fuel
supply ahould be regulated and tha
government be empowered to , fix
prices of both oil and coal. Tha navy
lEPHiiiE m fi;;e siioiig
111 WEEK'S RED CROSS CAQPAIGfl
Monday will see the does of the
Red Cross campaign. Final reports
tmm eacb of the ten teams will be
made at the Chamber of Commerce i
luncheon. .,. . j
It baa been a splendidly planned, ;
nneiy couaucteu wi murMS"1 w-
cesaful effortl Great, credit la due
to Bam H. Baker for hie handling of
tha work. He has given' 'practically
a week'a'tlme day and Might to the
campaign and hla enthusiasm has
Inspired the other (0 workers to a
uolnt where each baa Jumped In and :
helped to bring credit to the county
nd It people.
All of the team have made good
showing. They have run about
evenly In their work, none being de
cidedly to the for and none much
behind the othera.
All the aubacrlptlona are not In
yet Aa soon after the close of the
campaign Monday a the final re
turns can be tabulated, tbe exact
totala by districts will be given.
At the report Saturday noon, the
total for Josephine county had reach
ed 18.877. of which 13.199.80 had
beentpald In caah. Tha quota set tor
thla Bounty w 84.000.
Subscriptions should be paid to R.
K. Hackett, treasurer, at tho Flrat
National bank.
Chairman Sam Baker yeaterday re
ceived the following telegram from
the chairman of tha atate committee:
Portland, Ore.
June 83. 1917.
Sam H. iBaker,
Grant Pas, Ore.
If every county did well Jo
sephine, Oregon would make a fine
record. You are going fine. Keep
up the pace. Uncle Sam will need
$500,000,000 for wounded soldiers.
Every extra dollar will shorten the
war and save another life, let'a roll
It high.
HENRY L. CORBETT.
Subscriptions reported but not
heretofore published are:
9IOO Subscription
Grant Pass Music Club, I. F.
Peck. .
SAO HubNrrltlns
Dr. J. F. Ileddy, Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Kpperly, Schmltt Bros. Lumber
Co.
,25 Hubaciiptlona
. Tuffs 'Bros.t Mr. and Mrs. Fred
O'Kelly, 8. H. Rlggs, Order of East
ern Star, R. F. Randolph, R. M. Rob
inson, Roy H. Clarke. Mrs. J. T. Lo
gan, Rogue River Water Co,
ao Subscription
J. C. Cochrane, J. F. fftlth, Jacob
Hanseth. J. H. Robinson, C. B. Hal
tlday, Q, B. Fife. F. F. Chllders.
9IH BubsMlKlons
sFred Blackman, Dr. O. C. Dixon.
J. H. Kendall ', , : ,'
i 1 BabacrlpUon
U. .KrpartefVT. f. Wagner, O. .
Lewie, Dr. L 'C. Smith, McCollum
takriatK A; RathbdU. WtllUnt Ko
Upc3 Ti GYcriuiit
id Cd fc!Ji
v
oil reserve supplies must be saved,
he said, for tha future, for there
war over 300 oil-burning ships un
der construction. -Secretary
Daniala admitted that be
did not knoV tha extent of the avall-l
able oil supply. Ha aald the gov
ernment would get aa much oil as
possible from outside of tha United
States, ao as to conserve domestic
fields. Tha oil supply, ha aald, was
a baste in which to predicate future
proaocaUoB of war measures, and It
would be Iseraaaingly vital that tha
available oila of tha United States
should be conserved. .
Kensia Thomas M. Ranaan, Frank
Floyd, N. F. Macduff, Womana' Re-1
lief Corps. Good 8amaritan Hospital,
Daley Thompson, C. U. Cross, A
Friend, H. M. White, Mrs. Henry H. 1
Norton; Mr. and Mrs, Bert Blgelow.
David, Vlnyard. H. B. Cross. Jdra.
Geo. H. BparUa. E. U Davla. Alice
C. Allen,. Harriet H. Davis, Eugene
Morrison, B, F. Larton, . Wbmae'a
Aaaoclatlon Presbyterian Church,
Geo. Wells, Roy Wells. Bert Lewis,
H. B. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Rosa,
A. Hug. Sam O. Nee. A. L. Heath
jChaa. W. Steele, Dr. H. R. Nehrbaa,
B. C. Carr, Rogus River Camp W.
O. W M. A. Delano, C. F. Lovelace,
A. Wytberg. W. J. Long. R. J. White.
Samuel Storey, R. C. Crowell, Geo.
W. Elder. Henry Heaa, H. T. Has
well, Alice Reford. C. Fields, Mr.
and Mrs. E, F. Storey, D. C. Hinder
liter, W. G. Smith, Hunter Peil, Mr.
and Mr. F. M. Stason Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Cook.
SO Snbacrlptlona
T. J. Shattuck. F. H. noyd. M. D.
L. Crook.
$8. Subscription
A. C. McFarland.
95 Bubacriptinna
J. L. Shaaka, A. C. Blggerataff,
Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, Cha Johnson,
Thomas F. Mooney, W. E. Gilmore,
Tuff AHottenroth. Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Chrlaty, A. T. Martin, F. R Steel,
Thomas Ahem, Mrs. Thomas Ahem,
H. M. Oorham, Mrs. Jessie Cahill,
Chaa. F. Hart, Mrs. L. L. 8harp, R.
C. Jonea, Clayton Stone, B. F. 8eton,
Fred B. Hart, Robert Trimble, Mr.
H. K. Miller, Frank E. Thompson,
Geo. F. Hart, Zepha Hojtue, Wm. Von
Kannon, Wm. Trimble, F. W. Saw
yer ft 8ons, Edwin Eaa, M. Luck
ett, Dick Brooke, C. Bayne Cross,
Herbert Tetherow, Kenneth Vlnyard,
Victor Vlnyard, Axel Blodgett, Les
ter Sparlln, I. F. Sparlln. R. L. Sut
ton, Henry H. Norton, C. O. Klncald.
Harry Klncald, J. C. Klncald, Auatln
Cougle, Mrs. Mary J. John, Mra.
Ethel A. .Hupper, Claire Cowan, F.
O, Bryan, A. C. Gentry, E. W. Kent,
Geo. M, Stldham, Mra. V. Wallace,
Edw. S. VenDyke, P. J. Houser. Dr.
F. H. Ingram, O. Q. Bogue, S. B.
Stringer, Elfle Bacus, T. J. Tycer.
Frank Johnston, Joseph A. Frant.
Ed. Caseldy. Jessie CHcAdams, Earl I thousand dollar' worth ot roro. am
N Browne P. T. Everton, O. F. 1 bulancea will be donated to the Red
Reddy, Jamee T. White. M. Jordan,
Geo. and Viola Potts, 3. S. Dolllnger,
R. 8. Phllbrlck, Ike Lowden, Jessie
M. Smith, E. C. Neeley. C. U 3win-
den,- Alice Starr. Plckney, W. J. Car
lisle, Walter Mlnthorn. R. L. Ham
mer, Geo. Walton, Mr. and Mra. W.
H, .Barr, J. ,T. Morrison, Marlon
Crooks, Clarence Meaalnger, W. Mas
tin, Chas Harmon, Cha. Burgland,
Lawrence Underwood, Mr. D. L.
Roberta Luk Lilly. O. H. Bhepard,
Jam Havent; Robert'. Doff, H. R.
WerdriP.Tfc Xri&sowJ-Or. H. O. Wll-
, (CoAttaa4 fas I)
mm .mam
VIIOII
.Lever Food Control BUI la Paaeed
With Amendment ProhlMUng Use
of Food lor Aleobol
WaabtiUm, iMm DUptUcb, ia
23, The hooae has just passed the
Lever Food control bill by a vote
of MS lo 5. '
The srohfbitbie. aaiendwmt vro
hiMUng the ae of foods for SBaow
facturing alcoholie Uquors wia
the war was adopted by a vote. -of
183 to 114. -r '
Washington, Juno St. As It bs
eomea apparent that tbe Lever food
blU will pass the hooae Monday with
little trouble. Interest Is centered to
aa attempt that wHI be mads by the
atronc "dry" element la the house
to atreagthen, by -an amendment,
tbe provisions respecting tha control
of the liquor traffic during the war.
. Tha section which would authorise
the president to limit, regulate, pro
hibit or reduce the aupply of food
materials or feeds used la making
alcoholic liquors falls short of the
demands of moat of the anti-liquor
element. A majority hopes for ab
solute prohibition of the use of grain,
for beverage purposes daring the
war. . Tber are not agreed on any
one proposed amendment, however,
and their division may result la
leaving the present provision us-
changed.
, a plan for adjournment tonight
until Monday to allow conferences
was abandoned because of tbe desire
to conclude the lengthy speeches sev
eral senator are planning I order
to proceed to amendment by i. th
mtddle-or latter part of aaxt week,
after th house bill ha bean receiv-
II BO
Portland. June 33. Oregona
Red Croee campaign manager have
determined to voluntarily Increase
the atate'a allotment from 1600.000
to $800,000.
; The atate, outaide of Portland,
I haa raised $348,000, according to to-
toW- fe"uan W8"
counties rorm toe nnuvr oumw ui
the atate. They were asked to raise
$15,000 and today report a total of
$61,088, already raised.
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Washington, June 33. Reported
contributions to the Red Cross hun
dred million dollar mercy fund to
night reached $77,000,000, or which
more than $33,000,000 had come
from New York City and $44,000,
000 from the remainder of the coun
try.'. ' , .
Three daya of the campaign period.
Including Sunday, remain In which
to raise the additional $23,000,000.
Although pledges have rolled In at
the rate of $15,000,000 a day this
week, campaign managers tonight
expressed fear that the average
might net be maintained.
Local committees have received
new Instructions to work early and
latev however, and the Red Cross war
council hopea that the 'fund, like the
Lfberty loan will be heavily over
ubacribed during the last days.
FORI) DONATES CARS
TO RKII CltOHS WORK
Detroit, June 23. Five hundred
Cross society. This decision was,
reaohed at a meeting of the board
of directora of the Ford Motor com-
pany today.
: s
HIGH PRICE OF OIL
CAUSES USE OF COAL
Centrala, Wash., Jun 23. Th
Oregon-Washington Railroad ft Nav
igation company haa determined to
burn-soft coal from th Tono mines
near her Instead of oil becaus of
.th advancing price, EngJnM will
b qppd,rlth'auttk3 tokr.
MB 1
DITII ALLIES
viouorr coccteh ofvkksivb
AGAINST FRENCH F06ITIOVS
ALOiTO 1U-MILB FRONT
SEPDTE FL'f IS EJECTED
So far Attacks Have Bee FreAless,
the tiers na Being Urtvea Back
With Heavy
Washington, Jan 33. A storm of
enthusiastic cbeen sjreeeted B. Ba
klneteff, head of the Russian nkwdoav
and the new ambassador o the
United States, hea be told tho
house of representatives today that
Russia would reject any Idea of a
separata peace.
He declared emphatically that the
statement that Russia wanted a sepn
vale peace was absolutely without
foundation., "Russia." he aald. "fa
vor the establishment of a firm aad
lasting peace between democratic
nations. German autocracy renders
such a peace Impossible. New Ros
sis la reorganizing her amiss for
vigorous action in common with the
allies." :.
Baklneteff was wildly received
when he entered the chamber of the
hooae. xHe spoke polished English
In a clear eloquent speech.
Representative London. . of New
York, a socialist aaeaaber of the
house. And, a native, of Rnaala, was a
member of th racesttta cosaaittee.
.GENERAL WOOD SENDS
WARNING OF GERMAN BOMBS
Charleston. 8. C, June 23. Gen
eral Leonard Wood' - office today
sent out warning of plots said to be
hatched by German agents to in
stall highly io-flamable bombs In es
tablishments engaged in federal
work. ;', .
The bomb are described aa pyra
midal In shape and are marked with
the words "Advance special cooked
beef, frigerifico, Argentina, Central.
Buenoa Aires" snd carry ths picture
of an ox.
COSTA ECA AGREES .
TO BM'S STO
San Jose, Cel., June 33. In re
plying to the Brazilian note announc
ing revocation of the decree of neu-
j trallty In the war between the United
Statea and Germany, the Costa Rican
government give assurance that its
attltuds conform with that of Bra
sll, particularly In respect to the pol
icy of Pan-American solidarity. Th
defense of small nations, vindication
of international law and a true In
terpretation of the Monroe doctrine.
STUDENTS GUILTY OF
ANTI-RKGISTRATION PLOTS
New York. June 22. The Jury In
the case of Owen Cattel and Charles
F. Phillips, former Columbia univer
sity student, charged with conspir
ing to obstruct the operation ot the
draft .law, returned a verdict of
guilty.
RpAIN IN TURMOIL
j OF GENERAL STRIKES
.
Buenoa Aires, June ' 23. General
I atrlkea havo been called throughout .
I Cnnln BaaAMlInf fffh ek HlarVltlVh frOII
vaaaaaai vuviuiuj w we .-.j---- - -
Madrid today. All factorlea In
celona bava been closed.
New York, Jun 33. Th ooatrt
butlon of the Rockefeller Founda
tion to Ah .J100.000.000 fund for
th Aaartcao Red Cross society .!
$5,000,000. It wag Mionnced nn