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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1917)
-n 5 i l.i.i ' . DAILY EDITION w m , vi vii.; w. WAvn pam, josefhjhb oocirrr, oreooh, , Thursday, august ; imt. wholb jnjxBXX auo. il ; , 1 H .' I"'... LIKE BRITISH . y- ' IK LESS SEW ? ."V "",t' it i ft ;V pi ROAD mnv FEDE1I iUlit - i . III PROJECTS UNDER tUANOU JUIrT ORDER , Kl FHWER HEN AUK HIWWTT " ' to Buccmorr " TEETH JIBE TO BE Vint Third of, New Army to B , Bant to OmiUhumwU Hhortly Af- Washington, Aug. I. Provost Marshal Oensral Crowdsr has modl , ftsd th drat requirement guiding . mnpUmn aad rajvctloa In tht ne t tlonal rmjr draft Tht modifica tions will greatly Increase tho num ber of in found avellsbl. 1 Ob ruling provldts that If dental work will rsstor a msn'i loath to aa ..to moot th demsnds o( proper nu tleatio tucb hob. ahould bo noespt--d, or allowed aumcltnt tlm to hsv dontal work don aad b enrolled '"later'- ' ' ' , ' ." 1 ' s A raductloA In minimum wlf hu of from flr to II pouadi, according to a asaa's height, aad la chet mess wrmnts of half Inch, when a man la tatter thaa fire feet, eight Inch, . Is another modification of tb rut. TtM mutations regarding ear aad t jr tU are modified llarbtjy to tho mult thai tower men are excluded. Ia thl eoanctlon. Gneral Crowdar- , quote the Mrgeoa , general la ) a warning: taxasatnlag bssi pay psrtleolsr attention to the ' posslbll- Itjr of trachoma Infection. .' Waahlncton. Am. About 160.- 000 men of the aeleottvt draft force! will to Mat to their divisional train ing cantonment about September , 1. "General Crowder hut telegraph- d governor of the various ststes, asking them to have at least one- third of their quota ready by the ; Iret of the month. Th messsgw war followed by a ' in rnllng regarding exemptions he canto of depndnta. which la expect ed to decreet considerably tht loss of mn from th military eervlce for thlt raaton." " Boarde are authorlaed ' hereafter to deny exemption to mar- ' lied men whoa wive ar solely1 de pendant on them; but where the par- , nu or otner reiauves or eitner wk i or huaband ar willing to aatume the burden of her aupport during hit ab eno; The nam count la to be fol- lowed where any drafted' mah'i era ployors kgre to continue hi talary a a iMiinowc umy. A third supplemental nrilng prc- ) vide that', where a man haa aupport -ed hie dependent by hl own labor t on land which h oot and th (board find that th Und could be ' rented to advantage to aa to eon ' tlmio tht support for the wife de ' rived from th rental, exemption for the man may e denied. Bernt, Aug. . Two tralnloadt of COME pM TURKEY IM PITIFUL SHAPE m American cltliene, all In pitiful con dition, hav arrived In Swttierland " from Jerusalem and othnr points , within the TurRleh empire. They were eight weeks on their " way with little food and no oppor tunity to Chang their clothes or . wath during the entire Journey through Turkey. tAll report food 'conditions In Turkey terrible. CWNTIIVB POTATO TIIOP , IiAItGRHT rXK MAX V YKA H Waahlngton.."Aug. . Tbedepart mtnt of Agrlculre today allmaied the' eoiJf'n ,Pot.t "P 'J ' O(i;W0'nutheU r lOO.OOMOO'lbu t .i- tiM .'tw tuiHii .nit ieat fem. American Government Will Assam Ram Directing Authority Over America ghlpplng a British ' Washington, Aug. I. -Anglo-Am-erleaa eoatrol of traat-AttaoU hlp Ilng i brought nearer by' a con ference ! today' between ' Chairman Hurley of tb United SUtee ahlpplng board and' Connor Outhri. Brltlih traDe"on)mtMlonr, At tb loe of th aetaloB, Chairman Hurley an npnacod that a nquMtlon of apae la Aaorfcan .' ablpa would prdbably t ordered next week. Thl la eipeetad to gtv th gov ernment antlr oontrol over oceaa freight rate and tb loading and un loading movement of American ve aela. ' Great Britain' la already az ercltlng the' powort of Brltlih hipping. ' o n Amiterdam, Aug. I. The k alter baa called a moot Important con ference at th grand hdadquartm. Premier piohaelta lefr today 'for tho headquarter. rv;' ' Not only th leading military men of th empire, hut governmental aad diplomat) leadert ar to participate In th eooference. It It ' bellered that ih antlr mlliury aa!) foreign nollHea of tiermanv will be 'Hnir dltCttallOH Itf pplle of.th racflbifa Dtw aad complete announcement of Oarmany'a sotlcle htk been recent ly promulgated. m- nniLuunuu uhululu Washington, Attg. I. The Inter state commerce commission In a de cision rendered" Way held ' tenta tively that the practlc of railroads In moving bulk commodities, especi ally lumW,"ln cfrcultoua routeii'and In this way collecting as holding charges,' Vboth wstteful and unlaw ful.' The commission held that any switching charget which exceeded twq or three dollars were also un lawful. ' CRE8CEIOT fffl Th manager .of th Chamber of Commerce haa received word that Governor Wlthycombe, Chairman Benson and Commissioner lAdsms of th stat highway commission .. ar planning to accompany th Granta Pads" party to th Crescent City road meet when the governor and high way. commission of California will b present. ' ', $ ' These acceptances, however, were ibased on the thought tbst the road meeting at Crescent City would be held on the loth tnst. The date has been chsnged to th 19th and JOth It Is hoped that the Oregon repre sentative!, governor and highway commissioners can arrange to he present at thlt later date. Word Is expected from them shortly on this point. ' "MiANKKT" INDIANS NOT .WANTKD IN THK ABMY Washington, Aug. . It It not likely that "blanket" Indians from reservations will be drafted into the srmy. Officials her believe that the or I rlnal Americans are of little use miny modern Amrtonld 'Indian I hav already enMattd aad ar xpqt M'Ktvt nm mm tmwm. KKATTUC 18 CKKTKH OP CHKMK to urpvcB Mlur to kvadb rfliei t'.i k , c ... , .:... ft Tealoaa Alto rUaaed to Uect detv nun AgeeA Head of BritJth Cv I . IubM tmd Qte OnUfwt v : 8atUe, Aug. . A United Statei agent ha uncovered a gigantic plot to break down th army, draft, by engineering wholetal exemption. s The propaganda la tolleved to have' a German origin, i UeMere are being mailed to all men alled for flret elaaa examination, urging upon them and ahowlng them how they may evade enrtc on th ground of coniclentloua objection. ;';'.. " KO ameU hv aa yet been made, but are xpctd hourly. Dlttrict Attorney Allen "" declared today that' "Canadian authorltlea hav Infomatfoi ihowlng'eonjcTn alvely that German plotting1 wad at work before th waf to makd'Alv von Alventlehen, arretted yesterday In Portland, aa the governor' of Brit ten Columbia. WHh' thla"' eccbta- ptUhed. Allen' declared. ' the r man were prepared to broaden their aollvltlM until they had ' obtained political control of th' entire - pre- vlnc."' . 7 wwmm ' ,. I, ft I . !' Washington, Aug. I. 'Herbert Hoover Is swslting the president's work formslly ""designating him as the man to have charge of the ma chlnery putting Into affect the most sweeping law In th history of this country., Mr. Hoovr, more than a month ago, anticipated th passage of th law and baa been planning accordingly. Throughout the 'conn try, agencies created by him are awaiting orders from Washington. Mr. Hoover and President Wilson conferred quit at length today. , TOO Q00D -;-M'' ' - " tilt' I l 'ft! ! , . TO PRESIDENT NEW RtMIAX REPTJBLIO IS Vt ORAVH OAKGEB VBOM OKBV : HAH AQGRBBSIOH v ' OatMral Boott TeDa of TkrUUng Bight on BattW Proat Whew Ra i eUn Took Maawtvtiu Washington, -Aug. I. Ellhu Hoot and th other member of the Am- erlcan mission to Russia rached this city yesterdey.- Mr. Root's re port to President Wilson aad Secre tary Lansing was to warn against th posslbl affect of a clever pro paganda on th part of German or Immense force of troop thrown against th Ruaslsns whll their new democratic government wss still In the process of formation. : ' None wa stronger In his convio tion that there to th greatest hope for Russia than Mr. Root himself. rOthr members of th"prly- who shared hi optimism and dlsousd their views wr , Charles , Edward Russell, a former socialist; 'James Dnnesa. labor leader,' and 'Major Stanley Waahbarn, a man of long x perlanc In Russtaa affairs? ' Mr. BnsMll went a lltfl farthar thaa th others trr declaring amphat - leally la favor of lending America troops to the' eastern fra1 'feame- 'dlateir.-HeaidA thtri yyttmm trotflg br of ,TA'gateet vnraa. Jn, trengtheatng the morale of ta .1tns mana.'" 'o'"' ;.! )k t ' Th military members of the mu- stn, heeded by Major General Hugh Bcott had a thrminf story to tell of experiences on th Russian 4 firing line.. They were' under fW durlhc one of th great offensives launched after the new government took the reins.1''''" ', '. ,",ii-.v ', The worli of th Coihmlsslqn now la vlrtoalry ndd it,-r iMij hoo touch mm . ; . ; . . .J MAX IW CB30AGO " uJ vlill 1 'iati 'Aoiri ml. Chicago, Aug. . Hogs sold here! today for $K.?I a hundred. High est drib -mih known - In" this city. This la fl.lt higher than a year ago, FOR HIM. ."V-l CkVfW -llebsr C :M PMlBpfW Highway Ccmunltatoa Defiaitoir Ar range for Work at Maw Place, .Moady ow OoiamMs Highway v, At It meeting in Bslem yester day, the etat highway commiaelcei mad final airaageatnU for proa eating work n -ala .road bvlldlng projaetav.' . i'nt:K: vt;-y - Contracts war let for two . pro jects: Grading and paving ,' with blthullthle, flv miles of th coast highway tn TQlamook county, 0 and paving with blthuilthle two and tbree-fosrtss miles of ColsmU River highway . 1a Colombia county. .oo. . Contract were let on a force ac count basis with profit allowanc Ob the following project: (1) 17 mile of maeadem on th ColsmMa River highway In ColnsYbia oonnty. (2) Crushed .rock, macadam on tyk mile of the John. Day, highway, in Wheeler; county. ,k (I) mDs of maeadem on ,tn CoJonl.UBlver highway in Clstsop , county. , (4) broken stone and.aacsdsm t.7 mile ft the. Cosdon road m OJQllam osun ty, (5) Two and on halm miles grading on Pacific highway la Clack- saas. jf") Tolcanl Ude. road from Bend to Uplaot t? mile to b baOd d Vy th Crooks nnxyhn tore aoSOBBt. t'lM-'t. i.M.i'.'H tJ A number of Polk and: Tsmhill county residents appeared before th commission aad argued th question of rouUng th Westsid Fwdfle high wsy; which ha developed a sharp flght smeag tarlons town (w . these tWO COMtiAS. '! -'OJ'.J;i).j'.i iO it . j iVU 'Mil In i i vi.; SI0II1CE .tat. 'ftrjUa wo i xt-f i cult Butte, Moat. Aug. Pv Th ml termea'a union today gave the Ana conda mlhlng company it hours' In which to decid .whether tt would grant s two dollar' per day raise In wages to the J,000 members of - the union. atrlke of the mn would U up practically all of Butte's , oop per mine.;.,: . . , . The first street ear wss operated her' tilts morning since declaration of a rrlk '!ast week.,' '-i MAST DRAFT Aim ' ' 'ABJOTTTICD IN TEXAS Bmery, Texah!,:Aug.' ; Over a cor of men were nmstad todav In oonaecuon wnn in general move ment to resist draft which had beeB gblng 6n tn this ststs'and Oklahoma for ererl dayd.1' Eighteen' werl'ar- tstd llsf mght 'Bom of'th'm wf rlhedlth ngalai1 army rifles. "t'i Turner Delllnger, U yar old oa of 8. B, Delllnter of Drvden. died at; thS' Vancouver army 'barracks at Young Delllnger enlisted at the recruiting station In this city about July 1 last, and was assigned to the hospital corpt of the regular army. He has been siting for Some time. LaRt week,' his father telegraphed the surgeon In charge of the hospital at Vancouver (barracks, asking as to Turner's condition, and received a reply stating that, he had recently undergone a mastoid operation, fol lowing which manifestations of spi ns! meningitis had developed snd that he was In a serious condition. The next word received told of his death yesterday morning. . v .The , reraslns will arrive on the early morning train tomorrow and Will be ' taken' at once to the Deer Creek cemetery where th funeral services will b held at noon. . I This Is th secdsd Grants Pats boy who ha volunteered B ith regular army sine th1 dclraUa t wir aad hag lost f 1 W "! th tonic, '" ' ' - ' V !' EASLT BTABT B MADE TO JM- TJBB AMPUI FOOD 9CTTVK A v Deflnit PUiidags, C of n, Sosdl aad Probicaa to Bo Waadhd Waahlagtoa, Aag. P. Th agri cultural department ' foresees th need' of a strennoas earn pa! ga' to la st next year's wht crop, la order to prersct a aarlous ahortag of broad staff in 1118.; , , t. The government Intends to adopt purely as a war measure a program calling for th selection of dafialto areas la definite stat to b planted to dflnlt eropfc' Thi is th ftrst Um is th history of th United Statas thl prtgram has bea" at- tmaptad.' -1 ' ' F mrnArtm drafting- h Mimm taraaeo a posslbl shortag of artB lsr, Tay Uat ther ?IU(M gnral shortage of se4 or faxn jssa chlntry snd that trsnssortstioa ta cllities'wm be amprn. . A fair 'prie for whest wfU b -esUblishsd'1 uadsr U Teed legtsUttom - Tn atwhrtaat' nj .,ii...r..1 ywtw. . i mbmiiA ry -ah prpat btiltm, alftady. imm . i.rf iwe larrweaej wiarer waest act, age should pndne 7l,000,0f t' boshsls on th bast of 10 ysar aver age yields. fWlth'eoadlMoni'alntKhr. to thce of th raoftrd whiter Wheat year ha 1114, th acreage should atw doce 180,000.600 bushels. , , .... . .. ,-4" ? , Th Chamber of Cemmere -aad tereral of the larger local shlppsjrs hsve received from the poblte servlc commission of Oragon warning that 'th'oohlry 'U' Again facing a Sever car shortag do t large la- crease la traffic du to th .-war. With th movement of. fall crop ap proaching, the transportation facili ties or th country win meet a most erncliVxaslf; "!,.r. fv,. ;" 6 Up rly, whll tar ar availabl; load aad anload ear at the;arllat sAtlt IaAsI tleaiM tn ah Wthl rtf nu rwj. rrr ".rr T.x.T'r: i i per oeai soots ueir inuicmie Capacity.-' u" ' Th federaK war board U distribut ing 'freight car without regarding ownership, wherever it think , thy wlli do th most jgciod. , , 7 . .j Si , v ' 8an Francisco, 'iug. Russian citliens outside th empire were for bidden r to return to their - natlv bind la a document written at th direction of Premier Kerensky, and received today by th RuslsA consul, gsnsrtl tor?' "l" -'' ; PAYIM0.8C.TA)(ES Sate, Aug. I. At th conference here yesterday ' between ' Attorney General Brown and th district at torneys from Oregon's Isnd . grant counties, it was decided that , th counties should make a concerted effort to Induce the federal govern ment to pay without further' daisy th back taxes which would t b chargMbls against th railroad com pany,, bad ol the courjaeclarwd tw land forfeited to' the government. nts"ja,th 'Ui'forWyesr ilil-4-lt;' 'f ; r tj'.t'V. iA.'''v:'J fayMfwiot', : VffilJL ASK FOR PM