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DAILY EDITION
VOL. VIII.. No. IM.
M KO.tr, APHIL 21. IOIM.
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KNOLINIf (APTtltK SK MA.
CHINK MNH, TltKNCH MOItTAH
AND PUIHONKIW
llmnim Forced (Hit of Piwliion In
GIvetM-hy-IVeliatirri ItiN In
Ktmlhwrn Flanwr
London, Apr. 20. Nine machine
xune, on trench mnrUr and prison
ers were taken 'by the llrltlsh south
of the Rcarpe In local operation. A
Herman counter-attack was repulsed.
The llrltlsh ejected the Oermana
fnm advanced portions In Flanders
In the riKlon of Glvcnchy end Fest
nhert. The MrltUh gained nil objoe
Uvea In counter-attack In Flanders,
advancing their defenses to Given
ehy and Festubert and re-establishing
their tiottltlnn. They drove bark
German attackers southeast of Ro
becq.
PAIIIH AGAIN IIOMIIAIIIIKII
IIV 1-ONU IIANGK hn
Paris, Apr. JO. Yesterday's long
range bombardniont consisted of
throe ahola at wide Interval. There
wore no raaualtlea.
IXI
Harbin, Manchuria. Apr. 20. On
April 14 an order waa received at
Vladlvoatok from the Holshevlki
government to ship all shells, ex
plmlvea, inetaU. machinery and tool
concentrated there to European llus
ala. Freight and passenger traffic
will be auapended for the pnrpoae If
necessary.
UGHT FOR PAST WEEK
Ixmdon. Apr. 20. llrltlsh raaual
tlea during the week ending today
totalled 1J.38S. divided an follow:
Killed or died of wound: Officer.
575: men, 1639.
Wounded or missing: Officer,
I1TS; men. 7981.
The cneualtloe reported for thl
week are approximately half a large
attain aa thoae reported In the pre
ceding week. Although heavy fight
ing has now been In progress a
month, however, the llta have not
begun to approach the else of those
of Inst year In the month of active
operation when the Brltlah were
on the offensive. There la no mean
of determining' how far the raaual
tlea now being reported represent
losses In the fighting alnce the ler
man offensive was started. In the
aeveral week preceding lat week,
when 8129 namea were Hated, the
total had been running no higher
than between 3,000 and 4,000.
El
LISTS ARE ISSUED
Wellington, Apr. 20. The revls
ed enemy trading Hut containing
5,000 names, Including enemy Arm
In neutrnl rnuntrle In Europe, ha
hern Issued by the war trade bourd.
It ban been entabllnhod In conjunc
tion with Knglnnd and France to
unify the allies' effort to keep pro
ducts from reaching the enemy.
Analyst of Wiir HUmp I U-turn
HIiohn HmwU Tonua Not Kern
ing U Quitt tut
A cuinparlitou of the word mad'J
by the varloua pontofflces througn
ou I the county In Ihe sale of war
navlnga itanipa for the month of
March I not particularly flattering
In all ranee. A ometlmei happen,
the little, aparrely populated places
often make a better ahowlng than
more wealthy communities. Thl Is
the caae In the Instance of Josephine
county.
Murphy head the list of town
outalde of Oram I'aaa with a toUl
of 1481.15. Hugo makea a fine ahow
lng with 1335.11. Almeda, with
1317.01 makea a good ihowlng,
while Drydun hand Ihe lint of f 111
nola valley town with 1217.59. Oa
lli' la keeping up about a well a
could be expected, while Wlldarvllle
I doing well considering, that rural
route from thl city tap that die-
trlct.
On the cither hand, Waldo ha
fallen down In a manner to dlsap
point the muni optimistic. Holland.
Kerby, Bel ma, William and Takll
ma were all looked to for better re
aulta. ,
Hunt mauler Qulnlan, who ha
had charge of the campaign In the
county, look for belter reiulta be
fore the preaent month I up and
hope to ee May take a big bound
ahead.
Thrift stampe are nothing mpre
than baby Liberty bonda. The money,
the aame aa IJberty bond money,
go to buy guna, ammunition, food
clothea, traneportV and the Innumer
able other thlnga that are necessary
for the American boya to carry on
the fight for democracy, flut Uncle
flam haa authorised the laanance of
loan of a large aum In email de
nomination for the small Investor.
If one haa but a quarter to Invest,
he can buy a thrift stamp. Sixteen
thrift atampa on a card, with 11 or
14 cents added, can .be exchanged
for a war savings stamp, which In
1923, will pay the holder $5. One
can buy as many W. 8. 8. as he
chooses up to 1 1,000. and can buy
11,000 worth for every member of
the family. They are for ssle the
year around and are as good as gold
at any time, rncle Sam will refund
your money on war savings at any
time and pay you three per cent In
tercut If withdrawn before the date
of maturity. At maturity they draw
around four per cent
W. 8. 8. are. the best saving pro
portion ever Invented and wilt be
the meana of many people getting
darted In the aavlng habit who
never saved before.
Buy a atamp tomorrow.
Following are the W. 8. stamp
sale at the various postofflce of
the county:
Almeda. 1317.01; Dryden, $217.
59; Qallce, 199.35; Golden, 110.53:
Holland. 1218.36; Hugo. 1335.11;
Kerby. $12.64; Iceland. 184.34:
Merlin, 165.60; Murphy, 1681.35;
Plncer, 163.99: '8elma, 192.40:
Speaker. 173.54; Takllma, 1376.10:,
Three Pines, 25o; Waldo, 159.13;
Wlldervllle, $139.19; William,
1255.81; Wolf Creek, 1210.20:
Wonder, 136.81; total. 13.499.20.
BY
New York. Apr. 20. The Ameri
can eteanior "Florence" haa been
unk with a loss of life near a for
eign port, It Is reported.
Washington, Apr, 20. The Amer
ican steamer Florcn-e II. was blown
up In a French port by an Interim)
explosion, ' The cause Is unknown,!
nccordlng to n report to the nnvy
crew and 75 others were rescued,
the crew of an Amorlcau destroyer j
muklnn most of the rescues.
BRUSH
01 l!f$ FORCES
Haig Takes Aggressive asd Compels Hca to Grre Up Small
Portions of Crocd Which Places Lice b Best
Positioa Since Opening of Presect Drive
llalg'a troops took the aggressive
last night on Ihe aouthern aide of
Ihe Ly front. With quick and de
cisive resulta and compelled the Oer-
mana to give up small bit of ground.
On the Olrenchy-Feitubert sector the
OrltUh line haa been completely re
established aa It existed before the
attack Thursday.
Active operations are halted while
both sides prepare for the onslaught
of the Germane. They may attack
In Plcardy or Flanders or Artols
white the menace of the Allied counter-offensive
Impends. Unfavorable
weather prevails on the northern
battle front, but the Oermana have
selected cotd and misty period as
opportune for striking. The lull Is
probably due to appalling loaee and
the awaiting of the arrival of new
troop.
The Tirltleh are bombarding troops
12,000 ARTISANS
MKN IV NEARLY KVKIIV
TKAItE AUK WANTKI
('Mil la 1'rgrnt for Nervlre In Franc
at One ami Offer Oreat Ofipor
(unit Ira to Patriots
Portland, Apr. 20. The United
States army must have Immediately,
for service In France under General
Pershing. 12.000 men skilled In spe
cial lines of work.
8o great I the emergency, de
clares a meaaage from the war de
partment, that there Is no time to
select the men through the occupa
tional card system recently put Into
effect, hut not as, yet completed In
all the states. '
The men are need so greatly and
so quickly that the war department
calls for volunteers from among
those qualified In Oregon. ,
They are urged by the war de
partment to present themselves vol
untarily, and at the earliest moment,
to their local draft boards to be list
ed as available, preparatory to being
voluntarily Inducted later Into th
military service.
Thla call la described by the war
department aa being "urgent." With
the allied armies engaged In a death
grapple In-France, the American
troops over there must be kept sup
plied with the skilled men needed In
varloua lines.
"Please give the widest publicity
to this urgent call." asks the war de
partment. "Qualified registrants
should be urged to present them
selves to their local boards. '
"This office Is without an appro
priation to pay for this advertising,
but the patriotism of the American
press la relied upon to aid In every
way In their power.
"The military duty and training of
these sktyled men will be Interesting,
and the men who succeed In securing
induction Into the branches of the
aervlce to be filled, will receive ma
terial personal benefit which will
aid them In advancement both In
their army career and In after life."
Men are needed In 65 skilled oc
cupation. '
V. H. TAKKH OVKK
H OM. A N IKA l K II l( 'A V PIKItH
New York, Apr. 20. the Holiund
Amerlcan line piers In Hoboken were
today taken over by the government
for the duration of. the war, through
an arrangement by the war depart
ment and Cnptnln A. C. Iarsen, pres
ident of the ship company.
and auppllea as they are moved up.
There la little doubt but that the
Oermana will use msny more re
serve divisions In attempting to
crush the allies.
British, French, American, Bel
gian, Portugese and Italian troop
are on the weatern front. Their num
bers are constantly Increasing. Th
Oermana cannot halt If they would
attempt to crush the allies while
they atlll have atrength. After a
month of hard fighting the allies
are now In a better position for over
powering the offensive than before.
Attack on French. Falls
Paris, Apr. 10. The Oermana at
tack In the region of Hangard-en-
Hanterre southeast of Amiens ha
railed. The French took many pris
oner. W.S.S. SALES
MANY OIUMNIZATIONH .
IIKLP HALE OK STAMPS
Aaauaant Htate IMrector Will Vb.lt
1ty Monday to Htir l Inter-
- est In the Work :
Interest In war savings stumps In
Josephine county la asserting Itself.
Stamp sales are Increasing corre
spondingly and the month or April
bids fair to carry oft the honors for
the months to date. Before the first
of May the salea in Josephine coun
ty will have passed the 130,000
mark. 125.000 of which has been
disposed of through the Grants Pass
sales statlona. the other 15.000 be
ing distributed through the post of
fices throughout the county.
Some or the outside district have
been ahowlng a keen Interest In the
stamp sales, while In others there
seems to be a lack of proper interest
In the work and It la the Intention of
the county executive committee to
put into execution at an early date
a plan that will force Interest where
such action seems necessary.
The Boy Scouts, churches, scuools,
lodges and kindred organisations
have been doing a big work In the
sales or war saving stamps, but It Is
not proper that the work . ' should
be shouldered by a re. The suc
cess or the campaign will be deter
mined through the Interest shown
by the Individual. Those in position
to purchase stamps should not wait
for committees to hunt them up.
This all takes time, and unnecessary
effort should be eliminated wherever
possible. . v
To reach all It will be necessary to
organise war savings clubs and so
cieties and In communities , where
these have not already been form-
dA ,1.. ..kH.iU t.. ... J.J ,.l
at once. Twd hundred and twenty
thonsnnd dollars Is the amount al
lotted to this county to secure
through the sale of . war savings
stamps before the close of the year,
and to secure this' amount will re
quire a vast amount'of Individual as
well as organized effort.
To further stimulate Interest In
the work C. N. Wonnacot, assistant
state director will visit Grants Pass
on Monday. April 22. The morning
will be given up to visiting ' the
schools as far as possible and It Is
the hope or the local committee that
time will permit's vUlt to all the
schools; at the Chamber or Com
merce luncheon Mr. Wonnacot will
s;ieak In the Interest of the csm
(Contlnned on Page Four)'
oiiniw
onu
IGIKG IKCREASE G07.1PERS BRANDS
. ennm ion nnn nrmini
Josephine Cumuli of Defense . Is
sue Edict to All Non-I'roduc-Uve
ClUsena
In another part of this paper, ap
pearing In advertising form. Is a
statement or set of resolutions
which all non-lnduitrlous Individ
ual will do well to read carefully
If they care to remain In the city.
The Josephine County Council of
Defense Is after the slacker and loaf
er and It will not be healthy for him
If he remain In this ballllwlck In a
half-hearted manner.
Nothing but 100 per cent, un
adulterated, red-blooded American
ism will be tolerated. If any man
or woman in the community la not
making himself useful In these
strenuous war times, measures will
be taken to see that they give their
best efforts or more to some other
part.
The committee omitted one clauae
which could have been added, . and
thla la that any man accepting money
for performing work, and doing It
In a half-hearted way, or hindering
the progress of work In any manner.
will be treated In the same manner
aa the common slacker. This will
no doubt be attended to whether
stated In the resolutiona or not.
Read the resolutions on page 4.
Cleveland, Apr. 20. Socialism In
America waa branded aa poisonous
German propaganda by Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, In a apeech in be
half of the liberty loan at the City
club here last evening. While the
labor chief was excoriating socialism
and calling on labor and capital In
Cleveland to Join handa In SDeedlng
up the city's subscription race, Doug
las Fairbanks, moving picture actor.
was making a loan appeal before a
crowd that Jammed the largest thea
tre In town.
"There Is no such thing as an
'American socialist party," Mr. Gom
pers said. "The American socialist
organization Is merely a branch or
the one In Germany It is part of
German propaganda."
Mr. Gom pers declared he had
been changed from "the most active
pacifist In America to a good fight-
2,000,000 MEN ARE
PLACED III CLASS ONE
Washington, Apr.' 30. Provost
Marshal General Crowder today told
the senate military affairs committee
that approximately 3,000,000 men
will be placed In Class one under the
classification or the draft. Probably
90 per cent of those reaching 21 will
be placed in Class one. It is Im
probable that future calls will ne
cessitate going outside of Class one.
London, Apr. 20. A Russian dis
patch says that German prisoners ar:
demanding equality between officers
and men and are organizing to pre
vent being sent home. Germany de
mands that the Russian authorities
disarm the prisoners and . take
charge of the situation until the
Germans can deal with them.
Klint, Mich., Apr. 20. As a re
suit of a round-up of suspected draft
slackers held during the Inst 24
hours, 164 men are being held ' In
Jail here.
U. S. NAVY WILL
RECRUIT
NEXT MAY
PAKTY Olf SIX FICOM STATION At
8KATTLE WILL TAKE ENLIST.
ME.NTS FOB SERVICE
TWO WOMEN TEOMEK PJTt
10,000 Men To Be Itecrvited Front
1.1Ui Naval IHatrlct Ashland and
Medford Help
A recruiting party of six. af th
U. 8. naval reserve force from Saw
attle. la due to arrive In Grant Pang
on Tueaday, for a three day ram-
Ptgn here. The party consists of
three C. 8. naval officers. Ensign T.
H. Upshaw. N. N. V.. a reMnt nf
Oregon for over 11 years and the
rormer assistant manager of the
Ladd Estate Company of Portland,
r-aymagter W. W. Uasher. former
manager of the telenhone eomn.nr
of southern Oregon and a reaident
of Ashland for five years and haa re
sided in Medford for a period of two
years. Mr. tssher Is well kun
about thla district
Assistant Surgeon Charles B.
Wade, who has lived fl ..r. i.
Rosebnrg and attended the Univer
sity of Oregon la another member of
the party. Mr. Wade practiced
medicine for two and a half yean
In the Perklna building of that city,
Besldea the 1 naval r.mr. i.
Charles Graham, pharmacist mat
ana two uregon yoetnanettes. Mitt
Paillne Greaves' a former reaident of
Medford and employed aa a tele
phone operator there and who en
tered the navf about si months m
a a third class electrician, la one of
the yoemanettea. The other voem-
anette of the party la Mlaa Amorette
G. Crossley, first class yoeman, who
naa Been in the aervlce six months.
She la stationed at the Bremerton
navy yard. Mlsa Crossley has been
a resident of Portland for over tea
years and waa formerly the employ
ment manager for the Underwood
Typewriter company or that city, be
fore entering the service. The re
cruiting party is in charge of Ensign
F. B. Upshaw, of the naval tratnlnr
station at Seattle.
The recruiting party, which is one
of three In the 13th naval district.
Including Washington. Oregon. Ida
ho. Montana, Wyoming and Alaska.
and who are on a tour of western
Oregon only, started their campaign
of this state In Ashland with the
purpose of working north, winding
up the campaign at Portland where
they propose to hold forth for seven.
days.
The commandant of this district
haa sent out word that 10,000 naval
(Continued on Page Four)
NEARLY HALF OF
1917TAXESC0LLECTED
Sheriff Geo. W. Iewlg, tax collec
tor for Josephine county, today turn
ed over to County Treasurer Geo. C.
Calhoun the sum of $92,387.54 col
lected on the 1917 tax roll. Of thla
amount I57.674.4S goes Into the
state and county fund, tS,303.1S in
to the general road fund, $720.15 to
the forest patrol fund. $952 to the
Grants Pass Irrigation district fund
and $15,125.90 to the city of Grants
Pass. ' '
The first turn-over or 1917 funds
collected amounted to $21,379.29.
The assessor had collected $15,413.
43 on personal property, which, In
alt, makes a total ol $129. 180. 2
gathered In on the 1917 assessment.
The total amount to be collected
I amounts to $297,712.92. With less
I than hair or the money collected, the
office or Sheriff Lewis faces a busy
season before the last half or the
j taxes are gathered on October 5.