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DAILY EDITION
VOL VIII., So. IT I.
HERO OF 1
CAPTAIN
IU(1IAItl l. IIOIIMOM
HI'KAKH TO GREAT
AI'DIENCK
81' N DAY MOUSING
TENSE MOMENTS DURING IK
NNlur UnUfn I'm tf IJiur by
Allied Annie IWwooamlble for
Man Power Lose
The great throne of people who
packed the auditorium and parlors
of Bethany Presbyterian church Bun
da morning cava unmistakable evi
dence of the deep Intercut that had
been aroud by the visit of Capt.
Richard P. llobson of Merrlmae
fame. Captain llobaon waa attended
on the platform by a group of won
representing the war activities of the
city. O. B. Blanchard, president of
Josephine chapter of tha American
Ttid Croas; Fred A. Wllllaiui, chair
man of the council of defense; May
or Demaray, F. C. Rramwall. presi
dent of tha Chamber of Commerce;
A. Tiarllntt, of the O. A. R., and Rev.
Melvtvlle T. Wire. Saturday even
ing be waa the guest of the war
eavlnge committee represented by
R. W. Clarke and Prank Mashburn.
There were tense 'momenta, mo
menta of laughter and momenta of
emntlona too deep and determined
for adequate expression aa. Captain
Hohaon lead hi audience; along the
line chosen for the address, "Amer
ica In War."
"Not alone the fate of America
but the fate of all natlona, the fate of
civilisation Itself hania, trembling
In the batance today and to America
America young and atalwart. Amer
lea aa yet not degenerate, the na
tlnna of the earth reach Imploring
handa asking help In thin world ca
tantrophe,
"Ood never meant that natlnni
ahnuld perish. All nature was fitted
to cooperate with humanity lo 'de
velop the hlgheat type of manhood
Nature' meana that each generation
ahould be one point better than the
one before. Not brute creation I
the aim, for nature reaaea to cooper-
ate along that line at 21. but aplrlt
nal growth and atrength. Call the
roll of natlona, Egypt, Greece, Rome
Tha alienee of the tomb la the an-
awer, all are dead. No nation can
live- whose rltliena degenerate."
Then Captain llobson gnve th
moiit thorough expose of the llquhi
traffio from the scientific standpoint
that baa ever been heard In thla city
Cold pitiless facta, established and
acknowledged that portrayed a pic
turf) too terrible to be faced, except
that face It we muat for the aafety of
America and the whole world.
The relentleaa toll exacted by na
ture where men revolt and fall to
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Bedford, England, Hay IS, F. Q.
Kellaway, parliament aeoretary , to
the .minister of munltlona, In the
Il IN
GRANTS PASS
y. course of a speech dealing with the
output of munltlona for the British
army said the Increases for the first
two . montha of the year compared
with the flrat two months of 1911
were :
Light guns, SO per cent; medium
guns, 67 per cent; heavy guns, 88
per oent; machine guns, 16 par cent;
shells, 88 per oent; tanks, SB per
cent; airplanes, 823 per oent; aero
engines, 248 per cent. ,
The average weekly production of
airplanes, he said equalled the aver
age production for two months In
1315, while one week's production
of machine guns equalled that of
five months In 1915.
OAC. 1HSTRUCT0R
SPEAKERATC.OFC.
Give ChmI Account of muk at Ci
Valll ami Aqtels (or Morn
Htudoiil
At the Chamber of Comiiterce
luncheon thla noon l club tuiu-
bers missed a good talk m "iJutl
nes Cooperation'' by Civil R. Nile.,
manager for the MuaurJ Estate
Co., but they heard a rousing njipeal
for more and atlll more educated
young men, the appeal coming from
t U. Dubach, professor of govern
ment and business law at the Ore
gon Agricultural college.
Mr, Dubach came to (iranU Case
to speak at the high school and Su
perintendent Imel -brought him to
the club for lunch. He waa asked
to speak for five minutes but when
the five minute period waa up and
Prof. Dubach declined lo take the
time allotted to Mr. Nllea, that cour
teous gentleman said, "I want to
hear the reel, my talk will keep, and
It ran be had at any lime as a f 11
lr." Mr. Dubach continued and
In his remarks said: .
"1 am here to apeak for college
education, not for one college as
against another. Go where the In
struction suits your needs. If oth
er do not have what you want, come
to 4he 0. A. C, we have It.
, "The Oregon Agricultural college
haa 1,200 men under arma, 40 per
cent are officers. There are 120 men
from the achool of commerce and
0 per cent of them are officers. The
reason for the, large proportion of
o (fleers la that they are leadera. The
government demands trained men.
"The O. A. C. baa not changed her
program one hit -"Just ' doubled Its
effort In training men and women
for service, doing this In all depart
mentstraining suitable to service
In tlmea of peace or war
"Our nation can eureeed Just as
soon as we are all put where we be
long. Cut out waste, spend wisely,
work to the limit, forget the clock,
keep connection with our splendid
men In Europe and we'll soon give
the finish to the kaiser. All must
help all together.
SUBMARINE FLEET
IS
Paris, May IS. Goorge Uygues,
minister, today announced that the
effectiveness of the Germun sill-
mnrlne campaign Is declining. Or
mau war lords are aware of tha fact
but are making the greateM efforts
to conceal the truth. The sliuutmn
la most favorable for the alll .
The submarine sinkings the first
three months of this year were
greater thsn the number built.
SCENE OF MACBETH TRAGEDY
PRESENTED CITY OK Dl'NDEK
Dundee, Scotland. May IS. Bel
mont Castle, the acene of the final
struggle between Macbeth and Mac
duff , when, according to tales. Mac
duff waa slain; haa been given to the
city of Dundee by Its owner, Mrs.
Marryat, who Inherited a large for-
turne from' her brother, Sir Jamea
Calrd, The castle, which la looated
17 miles from Dundee, wns once the
home of the British premier,
Henry- Cnmpbell-Rannermann,.
Sir J
The,
property Includes 200 acre of park
land, and Is valued at 12,000,000.-
OFF
Washington, May 13. The sen
ate this morning adopted a resolu
tion by Sepator Thompson of Kan
sas authorizing the Investigation by
federal trade commissioners of the
production and supply of agricul
tural Implements -and - the prices
which farmers .are compelled' to pay
for machinery,
BEING REDUCED
GRANT I' AM, JOMEPHINaV COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY
REPORTS OF
UKSKIt.M, VON l At'KENHK.V IN
liOOKKIt TO HV fiERMANT TO
llltINU (JIIKAT VKTOItV
STOW IS TO EXPLAJH FAILURE
Keiioua Htiortago of Dwellings
Germany llanU lormue SO
Per Cent
la
lnilun, .May 13. The l-ondon
Dally Express statea that letters re
ceived from British officers on the
western front say that von H'.nden
burg la dead. The name of General
von Mackensen la given proinlnonro
aa the one to bring the Oirmuns
victory. The Express aaaumo'l that
the von Illndenburg story sj cir
culated to explain the failure ,f the
great offensive.
Amsterdam, May 12. There la a
shortage of 750,000 small dwellings
In Germany, according to Ueutenant
Paul Koehre, socialist,' speaking In
the relchalag on Friday. He. said
thai In most large towna there were
no more empty houses and - that
young married couples had to live
In furnished rooms, rents having In
creased SO per cent.
Washlngton, May 13. In an
open letter to President Wilson,
S ulptor Gutson Ilorglum reiterated
the charges of misconduct In the air
craft production and denied that he
had betrayed the presidents friend
ship and he demanded a full Investi
gation by the senate.
Borglum stated that the war de
partment under Secretary Baker had
hindered his Investigation.
He declared further that the war
department had "systematically di
rected the oppoaltion" to Investiga
tion of aircraft production. In which
" a billion dollars In It months haa
provided us with no planes." and
charged that "every subterfuge hsd
been restored to gain time.
i
mm WITH SILAGE
Washington, ifay lSWDon't for
get your alio," la advice to the beet
cattle farmer by specialists of the
United States department ot agri
culture.. .... ,
In every case, the specialists say.
a sufficient acreage to provide crops
to Oil the alio should be provided by
beef-cattle farmers.' This will as
sure : that the alio - Investment will
yield ' Its proper aifnual return and
prevent losses coming . from giving
the rattle more expensive feeds.' The
cheapness with which cattle can be
fitted for market or carried through
the winter with silage Insures that
well-filled silos will be a paying In
vestment. '
It la a good farm, practice, the
specialists say,' to put more-acreage
to silage crops than it Is estlmuied
DEATH
GIVEN
under ordinary' conditions will be Washington, May 13.---A new em
necessary to till the silo. Dry ergency ration has been adopted by
weather or a hailstorm at the crtt- the navy department. The ration ta
clnl stage of growth may cause ahn' the form of com Dressed tablets.
marked decrease In the tonnage
yield. For the south a few extra
acres should be planted to sorghum
to meet this" probable shortage.
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DEFEAT
ALLIED liEADEKH (WFIDENT
OK STRENGTH TO STOP GEIU
MAX ADVANCE WEHTWARO
ITALIANS ON THE OFFENSIVE
AuMtria-llungary Internal
Still Active Starvation
ed In GalacU
Troubles
Report-
London, May 13. Assurance of
their ability to stem the tide of Ger
man forces grows among the allied
leaders as the enemy delays the re
newal of their offensive.
- German leadera have need up most
of their reserves since March 2, and
the allies with the French reserves
are deemed able to aucceasfully deal
with further onrushes. Allied
strategy la aided by the fact that the
Germans must attack or. admit de
feat. They have gained hardly a
foot In two weeka and It la believed
they must attack soon.
. The Italians are on' the offensive
on the Italian (front with fighting
becoming sharper. '
. Internal troublee In Austria-Hungary
have not Improved. . Many are
reported starving In Calacla.
OREGON .MAX I ME-OP
TH8EAHK IV FRANCE
Washington, May IS. The casu
alty list rontalne 9 names; 10 kill
ed action;, nine died f wounds; two
from accident; five from disease;
missing In action, 88. Most of the
list were New Englandera.
Victor O'Rourke. of Mountalndale,
Ore., a cook, died of disease.
GEMS CAPTURE
, Amsterdam, May 13. I'krantan
press reports received from Odessa
dealare that the former dowager ot
Russia and two grand dukes, who
have been living in Crimea, are in
the handa of the Germans.
SLACKER RAID NETS 1,5K
Duluth, Minn., May IS. A drive
on ("slackers'! In Duluth was start
ed last night by 300 members of the
home guard, reinforced by the po
lice, A tight guard . was thrown
around several downtown blocks In
which pool halls and " refreshment
parlors are located. Approximately
1,500 men .without: registration
cardi were placed under arrest. ' - ,
E
' 8alem, May IS. Labor Commis
sioner Hoff predicts a shortage of
from 15 to 35 per cent In farm la
bor during the harvesting season,
but thinks that enough help can be
found If all available boys, women
and; girls are employed. Mr. Hoff
suggests that soldiers In. training
camps be made available for harvest-'
tttg ;Work.
EMERGENCY RATION IS RICH
IK
ATTACK
SOON
eaoh . consisting of eight ounces of(the Somme valley and the . Albert
powdered cooked wheat, five ounces sectors, also between Locon and the
of powdered lean beef and one ounce forest of Nleppe on the Flanders
of salt. ' front. .
13. 1018.
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Jm lUltlttln Htagoe Another Dar
ing Escape from thit Penitentiary
At Saktn Sunday i
Salem, May IS. Jesse Baldwin,
one of the state a most desperate
convlcta and notorious as a "bad
man," added another chapter to his
record at tha state penitentiary when
he made a daring alngle-banded es
cape from the penitentiary at 10
o'clock Sunday morning.
In broad daylight Baldwin pried
open the bare of a window In the
commissary department of the main
prison building and walked uncon
cernedly out of the big gataa unmo
lested nnder the very eye of the
guards.
Abont seven months ago be staged
a apectaeular escape on the same day
with some other convicts.
Baldwin was recaptured not far
from Albany by a Linn county depu
ty sheriff. On the way to Albany
after the capture Baldwin filched the
offlcer'a revolver from bla pocket,
fired at him, and nearly made bla
escape In a desperate fight on a
lonely road. Baldwin was Anally
overpowered and atood trial at Al
bany for the assault of an officer.
He baa 14 years more servitude
at the prison hanging over bla head.
Salem, May 11. Three squads of
state police are coming to help bunt
for Convict Jeff Baldwin. It Is be
lieved that Baldwin robbed n house
In Salem last night and secured an
overcoat and hat and $2 In money.
lEISKttW
I
Washington, May 13. Director
General McAdoo has ordered a cur
tailment of transcontinental passen
ger i schedules from Chicago- west,
becoming effective June 2, which will
save over 11.000.000 train miles per
year by eliminating competition and
rutting down schedules. ' ' "
Rome, May IS. Anstro-Hungar-lan
troops yesterday attacked Mont
Corno, which the Italians recently
captured. The enemy was repulsed
with heavy losses.
OF FREIGHT; .
e
ECK INVESTIGATED
J. E. Enger, .trainmaster; F. . E.
Cavender. master car repairer and
G. Haselton. assistant engineer.
Southern Paclfls company, and E. T.
Ludden and A. E. Voorhles of this
city formed a board of inquiry which
met this morning -to Inquire into
the cause of the freight wreck about
four miles east of thla city May 10.
The board after hearing the testi
mony of the train crew and : from
observations gained from a visit to
the wreck, reported that the derail
ment waa caused by wheel-breaking
on right forward ' wheel on rear
truck of a Pacific Fruit Express car,
due to fracture resulting from ex
pansion, due to brake shoe friction
while descending grade previous to
arrival at Grants Pass, and that
such fracture would be Invisible to
regular trainmen's inspection made
at Grants Pass. That there la no
individual responsibility.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
Fl
T
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London, May IS. Hostile artil
lery was active during the night in
BAD II" WALKS
OUT OF PRISON
WHOIJ! .t'VMRER fclflo.
GRADUATION
Iffl m
KKV. CHARLES R. DRAKE Dfc
LIVERS ADDRESS AT M. EL
CTIIRCH
33 MEMSERS CLASS OF 'IB
Mlnbtor See. Ore l ore, tor Good
... .orooaiur Of CU Entering
World Work
The activities of
week for the Grants Pa, hi.i. -k ,
opened at Newman it. E. church
8unday night with tha h..i.
sermon by Her. Charles JV Drake.
v.or oi e Christian church.
The members of the graduating
claaa marched Into the church fol
lowed by the corn. f 1.
taking seats in a body. After an
anthem br tha hi t- .
- luuutauon oy
ti. A. F,ncn of th Baj)tlft
thurch. a aolo by J. M. Isham and
Introduction by Rev. Melville T.
Wire. Mr. Drake delivered an Im
preaalve addreaa, In part aa followa:
"President and graduating . !...
of 12181 may stand before a
powerful locomotive or a great reser
voir of water and I am thritiarf with
excitement aa I realise the poten
tiality m each, which, according to
Its willful direction may be utilised
,for ..benefit or destruction. But to
night I am more than thrilled with
I vujvwud, ior i aiana
. h.tnu ,V . . .
me greatest potentiality in
the world, the potentiality Of tiAftnru
jallty. Each of you has a God-given
potentiality that according to your
willful direction will consent for
benefit or destruction In the pro
gress of humanity.
"The success Ideal of yesterday?
was selfishness. , As .you scan the
horlson of history you sW old Bahv.
lon-wun tne selfish ideal of glory
and splendor. She sacrificed ' the
honor of her men and the virtue of
her maidens for It. But she perished .
when earthly pride foreclosed the
mortgage on her pleasant palaces of
sln and shame. Greece had the sel
llsh ideal of pleasare. sacrlflclnc
honor and virtue for . Its attainment,
bui one day ahe discovered poison In
the bitter cup' that she waa drain- .
tog to the very drega of death. . Old
Rome had the selfish Ideal or world
power and for It she bargained awar
her birthright at the market place
of souls. Eternal Rome became .
eternal rnln. .
'The more modern nations dob.
sessed the same ideal in some form
or other, though some are now wash'
Ing themselves In the blood of their,
own manhood. . Still we cannot for
get France and her frivolity. Bel
glum and the Congo, and England
T rContlnued on page S.)
TO RGHT WITH ALLIES
Washington, May 1. Lord Read
ing, British ambassador declared'
that the announcement, coming, by,-
way of Ottawa that the American
army would not be fully utilised on
the western front until it was de
veloped to Its full strength was di
rectly opposite to Information he re
ceived from the British war cabinet
He Is in the dark as to lta meaning.,.
Washington. May 13. Washing
ton has no official confirmation of
the Ottawa report that the Ameri
can army will not be incorporated
'n the Anglo-French armies now, or
ised until' complete, and self sustain
ing. All available Americans were of
fered General Foch when the drive
became serious, and the sector west
if Montdldir Is now being held by
Americans.
AMERICANS COIiiUE