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MIOOINTS
' CONGRESS TO
ALLOW LOIS
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WOULD AHHUT GOVERNMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH U. S. ISf
HE(XNSTHUCTION WORK
FOOD PROBLEM II SERIOUS OHE
lUDluit and Half War Honda Already
Available, Hut Must Have 1
UUilve Authority
Washington, Dec. Secretary
MoAdoo ha asked congress to au
thorise losns aftor the declaration
ot peace to government associated
with the United States Id war, to aid
In rootling and reconstruction ot the
devastated territories.
It Is estimated that a billion and
half of war bonds already author
ised will be available for the pur
pose, tut must have legislative au
thority. CHROME MINERS MEET
AT YREKA, CALIFORNIA
A meeting ot chrome producers of
the county was hold yesterday tore
noon In the Chamber of Commerce
quarters, says Friday's Yreka News.
The meeting was called at the in
stance ot Secretary Walter H. Chase
ot the Northern California Counties
Association which organisation Is en-
. deavorlng to lend assistance In
bringing order out of the chaos of
the chrome situation. C. J. Luttrell
presided.
The meeting was a decidedly rep
resentative one though composed
only of the smaller operators. About
20 were present and a cnnvaa of the
amount of chrome held by them
ready tor shipment made a. total ot
2.500 tons. For various reasons none
of the heavier producers were pres
ent, but a good working knowledge
or the general situation was arrived
t from Information which some one
of those present was able to supply.
Market conditions and production
were discussed at some length and It
appeared to the consensus of opin
ion that assistance should be lent the
Pacific Coast Chrome Producers as
sociation In bringing about stable
conditions applying to both market
and price. A meeting ot this organ
isation was held In San Francisco
yesterday afternoon and a telegram
was sent to R. A. 'Murray who waa In
attendance as a-representative from
Siskiyou, county. i
A representative will be sent to
Washington., by. the Paclflo. coast a
eoriatlon and It Is understood the
matter will come up tor action on
the 15th and 16th Instant. Chrome
rotners will then know whether It
will be possible to develop the In-
. dnstry or whether It is something to
r be abandoned at a loss.
AOOEPT9i RESIGNATION v
Washington, Dec. 7 The resigns
tlon of Charle M. Schwab,, director
general of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, was accepted by Presl
dent Wilson In a wireless message.
REAL "CANDY KIDS"
' Washington, , Deo. 9. Nine mil
lion pounds of candy for the army
ha JUBt been ordered by, the . war
department, and It was announced
today that a considerable part ot It
would ib rushed overseas In time to
Insnre a plentiful supply, for Christ'
mas. Other special purchase for
, the expeditionary. force Include 665-
f 000 gallon of pickle.
WORKERS' HEALTH
IS THEIR CAPITAL
Panics Brought on by Inequitable
Distribution of Wealth Eco
nomic life Governs All
Chicago, 'Deo. t. Oood wages
gonerally mean good health accord
ing to Arthur E. (Holder, member ot
the federal board for vocational edu
cation. The higher the wage the
better would be the health of the
employe and the greater his output.
be told the American Public Health
association today In an address in
which he advocated an eight-hour
day and Increaaod wage.
Mr. Holder proposed that the fed
eral health agendo be concentrat
ed Into one department with a sec
retary at its baud and that the sec
retary should be a member ot the
president's cabinet.
Panics, said Mr. Holder were
brought about more by Inequitable
distribution of wealth than by any
other cause. He quoted statistics to
show that In 1850 the wage earner
obtained 23 cents of every dol
lar's worth of value be created, but
that In 1910 be got only 18 Vi cents.
He added:
"Formerly when the laborer got
23 cents In wages for each dollar ot
his product, panic occurred about
onre In 20 years, a witnesses, 1837,
1857, 1877. Since real wages shrunk
to 1 cents on the dollar, panics roll
around more frequently as the re
cord shows 1884, 1894. 1907,
1914.
"Nothing Influences our Individu
al health more than severe changes
In our economic life. During busy
periods workers are literally rush
ed" to death. During panicky- per
iods, the workers and employers
spend a large part of their energy
trotting, their lives away."
"Since the union, clgarmakors
adopted the eight-hour day In 1886,
from twelve to fifteen years have
been added to the average lire ot
the clgarmakers." he added. "Sim
ilar experience have been recorded
by other organised wage earners. The
workers realize that health is their
capital. To keep health or Improve
health means Increased power to
produce."
The speaker then gave a labor
program for health and safety which
Include the following provisions:
"Continued agitation for a shorter
work, day to a maximum of eight
hours for all manual tollers; de
mand tor a higher minimum wage
for all labor; rleate from work at
least one full day In seven; ellmlna
tlon of the swest-shop system; en
forcement ot rigid child labor laws:
abolition of night work by women
and minors; equal pay tor equal
work regardless of sex."
AT Or A: C. DEC. 11
Corvallls, Ore., Dec. 7. Prior to
the demobilisation of the .Students'
Army Training Corps, the Oregon
Agricultural college will give a mil
Itary review on Wednesday, Decem
ber 11, as a demonstration ot the
work accomplished during the term
In military training. . Mora than
1,500 students In uniform will par
ticipate In the review. A military
mess will be served at 12 o'clock In
the armory, used as mess hall for
the 8. A. T. C. The review will be
gin' at 1:80 o'clock, and will con
tlnue about one hour, to be followed
by & short program In the ' men's
gymnasium.
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4 LABOR LEADERS CALL
'. OFF THE BIG STRIKE
4, ' '
4t San Francisco, Deo. " 9. 4
4 Strikes planned throughout .-4
the country today as a Thomas "4
J. 'Mooney protest are all called -f
'Off until the special labor con- 4
4 gress can meet at Chicago Jan- 4
4, uary 14 to consider ,tha ase.i
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GRANTS PA88, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OBEOON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1018.
SAYSEMPEROR
NOT A BLOOD
; THIRSTY IN
HARDEN, GERMAN EDITOR, SAYS
PEOPLE AIUIOA1) HAVE THE
FALSE) IDEA OB KAISER
WAS IRE TOOL OF OTHERS
He WIUi Bristling Moustache Loved
limelight Ought to Have Rob
a Swell Cafe
London, Dec. 9. Maximilian Har
den, editor ot Zukanft, according to
Berlin cables, says the impression
abroad concerning the former kaiser
was raise. 'Harden ssys the kaiser
had no personal part in willing tiio
war, out was the mere tool In the
hands of the military party by which
he was regarded a a coward when
the moment' tor declaring the . war
csme.
The militarists feared he would
refuse to sign the declaration ot war.
The kaiser missed his vocation, says
Harden. He waa never happier than
when posing In the limelight. He
ought to have managed a cabaret, or
taken a show on tour.
TO MEET ON TUESDAY
The Young Women's club which
was organized last Monday evening
at the high school, will meet on
Tuesday evenings at 7:80 In room
S courthouse, hereafter. A . this
course of study, which is under the
supervision of the home demonstra
tlon agent, Is planned for a personal
standpoint, the membership includes
the young women ot the town whose
profession is not home-making.
Course for the home-maker will
be offered soon after the first ot the
year.
Toung women who are Interested
are asked to remember the meeting
this Tuesday evening.
AVIATOR FEARS WIND
Seattle, Dec. 7. Lieutenant Hog-
land left here 'at 10:23 o'clock this
morning for Sacramento, Cal.
Hogland Is expected to reach Eu
gene without stopping, and will
leave that city tomorrow.
r.. V A . . WW
ciugeuB, use. . Aviaior nog-1
land left here at 11 o'clock tor Sac
ramento, but may return it the south
wind proves too strong.
Lieutenant Hoglsnd ha returned
here to await for 'better weather.
Alx La Chapelle, Dec. 9. British
troops have been hurried to Cologne
to maintain order, but the nature ot
the trouble or how it started is not
stated. It Is reported that the Red
forces and opponents have been riot
ing. . 'British Infantry have 'been
pushed up a tar a Duren.
Zurich,. Deo. 9. The casualties In
the fighting at Berlin Friday
amounted to 180, according to latest
Berlin advice received here Satur
day. The Spartacus or radical so
olallst are reported to be defending
with machine guns three section ot
the suburbs of Berlin. ,
The workers' and soldiers' com
BOCHE BEGIN
TO ENGLISH
ARE, MORH CORDI AI , TO . HAIG'S
TROOPS - WHOM THE: CHIL.
DREN SOMETIMES CHEER
HID OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE
General Dupont of French Army Es
tablished Headquarters at Ber
lin to Look After Prisoner
London, Dec. 9. The German
population west ot the Rhine are
more cordial as Half's troops move
eastward. The authorities say that
undlsguisedly they rejoice In the
English coming because they are
afraid of their own people and fear
starvation. The children sometimes
cheer the troops upon their arrival.
Washington, Dec. 9. Advices re
ceived here say that General Dupont
of the French army ha arrived at
Berlin and has established head
quarter in the palace formerly oc
cupied by. the French embassy. Gen
eral Dupont ha 'been entrusted with
the transport and, repatriation ot
French prisoners held In Germany.
REPORTS OP HUN BARBARITY
CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED
Paris, Dec. Nine French pris
oners were shot by the Germans and
15 other prisoners seriously wound
ed at the prison camp In Langensal
za. Prussian Saxony, the Spanish
ambassador at Berlin reports. The
behavior of the prisoners did not In
the least Justify the severity of this
act of repression, it was declared.
' The French government, it Is in
fl tested . is resolved to demand re
paration for this act of the Germans,
which will be added to the already
long list of occurences of this and
similar nature.
MANY MEN BEING MUSTERED
OCT AT VANCOUVER
Vancouver, Wash.,' Dec.. 9. De
mobilization Is proceeding here ac
cording to program, and from now
on between 100 and 250 men a day
will be discharged from service.
There are 20,000 men to be demob
ilized, and it will take considerable
time for them to pass through the
demobilization tests. More than 100
expert are laboring night and day
to return the men to civilian life,
It requires about four days for i
man to pass through the military
procedure, after entering the de
mobilization office.
Seattle, Deo. 9. The Mooney
strike set tor today has been called
Off.
mittee has become demoralized and
refuses to use arms.
Street fighting is reported by the
Cologne Gazette to be going on in
Mayence, capital of the province of
Rhenish Hesse and one of the prin
cipal fortresses of Germany. Many
persons have been killed.
i Berlin, Deo. 9. The clash be
tween government troops and fol
lower ot the Spartacus, or radical
group, resulted In from 12 to 16 per
sons being killed, according to var
ious reports. The number of wound
ed 1 not expected to exceed 60. Sev
eral gins wno were passengers on a
street car were among those killed.
WILL SELL WOOL
HELD B WAR DEPT.
To Go at Public Auction in Amounts
That Market Can Easily Absorb.
Minimum price Fixed -
, Washington,'. Dec. 9.-Acting
Quartermaster General Robert Wood
ha announced that the wool now
being held by the war department
will be disposed of at public auction.
The amount offered at each sale will
be such as the market can easily ab
sorb. The "minimum reserve price
will be fixed below which no bid
will be entertained.
W. B. AVER RESIGNS AS ' '
OREGON FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
Portland, Deo. 9. W. B Ayer,
food administrator of Oregon since
Augnst 10, 1917, relinquished this
position Saturday, and will again de
vote his attention to business inter
ests which he ha left largely la the
hands of others during the period
of the war. W. K. Newell, who has
served as assistant state food admin
istrator since organization of the
work, takes charge of the duties re
linquished by Mr. 'Ayer, and is ex
pected, If conditions demand contin
uance of the food administration for
any length of time, to be named ad
ministrator by Mr. Hoover.
PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL
SELECTED BY ASSASSIN
Lisbon, Dec 7. An. unidentified
man fired at Dr. Sldonlo Paes, pres
ident of Portugal, yesterday. The
shot- missed and the man was,ar-
ALL FRITZEES MUST TIP
THEIR HATS TO BRITISH
Amsterdam, Dec 9. The British
authorities in charge of the occupa
tion in the German zone assigned to
the British army have ordered all
German men to raise their hats to
British officers, according to an of
ficial announcement In Berlin. .. They
must do so similarly when the Brit
ish national anthem to sung.
BOPP PAYS. PENALTY
Chicago, Dec. 7 'Lloyd Bopp, con
victed ; murderer ot, Policeman Her
man Malow, went quietly, to the gal
lows .here today and, was. hanged at
10:05 . a.' m. Bopp talked - coolly
throughout the. morning with, two
nuns.'
Postmaster General 'Burleson, has
ordered that,- beginning January -1,
a universal system of night messages
at greatly, reduced rates shall obtain
In all parU ot, the country., . Man
ager F, E. Stewart of the, .local West
ern Unlon offices,, states that under
the, new schedule, .people will have, a
rate aa low as SO cents for message
ot ten words to New York City and
other place on the Atlantic seaboard
with an added -charge ot only 2 cents
p'er word, for additional words.
To Chicago, where the night message-
rate ' has, been 60 cents and, 4
cents for each additional . word, the
new., tariff Is only 45 cents plus . 2
cents for, additional words. , While
corresponding reductions . are., made
throughout the system. , To nearby
point the minimum rate Is reduced
from 25 cents to 20 cents.
4 BERLIN AND VIENNA . 4
WARNED ABOUT. NOTES 4
... ,; . . 4
Washington, Dec. 9. Notes 4
have been, sent to. (Berlin and 4
Vienna by the state department 4
advising those . governments 4
that the United State desires 4
to receive no further eommunl- 4
4 cations from them which hottld,4
4- properly be addressed to all the 4
4 allied nation.. 4
REDUCED GN MESSAGES
WHOLE NUMBER 2938.
SHOWS DIRTT
Mill ICtS
SECRET SERVICE FILES OF., VON.
BERNSTORFF ARB READ TO
SENATE COMMITTEE
THROW WRENCHES III COOS
Of All Newspapers la United States
Hearst Publications Said to Be
the Moat Pro-German
Washington, Dec 9. More let
ters from the secret service, tile of,
von Bernstorff were read to the sen
ate committee by Blelaakt They In-
elude instructions to , all German
consuls in the, United State to get
German subject out of the
plants . producing materials for the -
nlliea. ......
Blelaski said: "Ot all the news
papers in the United States, those
published by Mr. Hearst were the
most pronounced In, favor- of. Ger
many. The attitude continued very
questionable after we ' had' ' entered
the war. There waa no evidence that
Mr. Hearst received any profits from
the German government,"', :
ONt BRAVE MAH STOPS
FULL FORCE OF BiEMlf
By all odds the finest story of
individual bravery, heroism and val
iant service that has come out ot
the war is told In the official report
concerning Private Thomas C. Nel
baur, whose home Is at Sugar City,
Colo., says the Portland Telegram.
He has been designated by the pres
ident to receive the highest decora
tion given by the United States for
Valor in action, the. Congressional
Medal of Honor. Private Nelbaur
distinguished himself when the
Rainbow division took Cote de Cha-
tlllon, in October, The story Is thus
told, with artificial ornament, la the
citation:.
"Ha had been sent out on. patrol
to enfilade enemy, machine gun
nests with an automatic rifle. AN
ter being wounded in both knees he
took a. position on a ridge, toward
which, the- troops drove and,, al
though cut off from . hi regiment
with the remainder ot his detach
ment killed or wounded, Nelbaur
kept hi automatic at work- with
such effect that the attack was driv
en back ... '
"Four German, attacked, him at
Close quarters and these he killed.
"He then moved, along the enemy'
lying on the ground about him, in
the. midst of . tha fire from his own
lines, i and by coolness and gallantry
captured 11 prisoners at the point
of, the pictol, and although painful
ly wounded, brought them back to
our lines.". .. ..,.. .,
The, statement conclude by say
ing that the. arresting of an enemy
attack In full force was largely due
to the individual efforts of Nelbaur,
"whose heroic exploits took place
against the skyline in full view of
hi entire battalion."- .
MANY SLEEP AT POST OF
DUTY-ONE SPY FOUND
Washington, Dec. 9. Not a single
member ot the 'American army has
been put to death since the begin
ning ot the war due to the commis
sion of purely military offense. Gen
eral Crowder announced that, very
few death sentences have been im-,
posed. Convictions. fox. desertion are
actually less than in previous wars.
One soldier waB convicted of being a
spy and 773 ot sleeping on post
'i , . .