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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1919)
V A 3' (ft fcpte toss Mmin Ciwfet r- . J. . , . . , , - - x-l!'i08K,,IN11' OIW0Of. TIH IWIV, JANUARY. 2, 10ft x--HOLK KroiilSniS. fSKS WS'SPEYHUUND OF PACIFIC P.M. PKM- POLES IGNORED U ftHbWFMH hmm mm I oni nimo OF W TO I. S. IHM JSMV R By THE ALUES OH'KTKY l KKMI'AIU OWING TO R.UMD INVASION OK HOL 8HEYIKI THOOPB lBduUia Were IHtrtiyeU by Huns, Returning Poll Find No Work and Terrorise the Populace London, Jan. 2. Poland la In des pair owing to the invasion of llol hevlkl troopa and the apparent in difference of the western powers to Offer relief, according to a Varuv dispatch. . Appeals for help or guidunco from the allies remain unheeded. Inter nal disorder adds to the difficulty caused by the Germans' act In des troying the factories In the Indus trial towns. . Thousands of Poles returning from Germany find no employment and are terrorizing their former employers, compelling them to give them money. . Lodi is In the hands of the Red Guard. Polish troops have entered Frank fort on order, SO miles east of Ber lin, It Is reported, and have occupied Beuthen and "Bomberg. Warsaw, Jan. 2. -Fighting be tween the PolUh and German troops continues In Posen. The Poles have occupied the fortress of Posen and over 20,000 German soldiers have been disarmed. The entire Polish population, in cluding the Doy S"outs and the young women, are aiding the Polish troops. Padereweki Is In Posen, awaiting a conference with the German dele Kates from Berlin. T E New York, Jan. 2. A nation wide campaign Is being conducted by the American Defense Society to eliminate the teaching of German In the schools throughout the Unit ed States. In a letter written the the principals of public schoolB, prl vste schools and col logos throughout the country the society urges that French, Italian, Spanish and Rus sian should be given prominence In the curriculum with a view to strengthening trade relations be tween these countries. The letter which is signed by Dr. William T. Ilornaday, breads: "Reports are rife that with the ending of the war there Is to be an Attempt to force upon our American youth the language of the people - hor.o hands are stained with the blood of their fathers and brothers. The German language has been used as a weapon .directed at the heart of America by German propagandas. It Is the opinion of many of our prominent educators that German is not an essential in any course of study, and It Is to be hoped that our American youth will not permit Hs being forced upon them for any reason whatsoever. The next five years will witness a crystallization of educational opinion and upon that crystallization will depend the fu ture of American education, "For those who would Study a language for Hs future utility the ' choice lies between French, Spanish, Italian and Russian as our trade re-, latlons with these countries will be Immeasurably increased now that peace Is in sight. To study German would be to condone the atrocities perpetrated by the people who speak this language." INTERNAL DISORDER IS CROWING ItcHoiiNlrurtiiin Problem. Will lie Ttimduxl Out Provision Made for Attendance of 4,MHt Not only Is the entire state of Oregon thoroughly arousod to the Importance of the Reconstruction Convention, to be held In Portland January 9, it) snd 11th, but the eyes oftb nation are focused on this state, awaiting the outcome of the Important session, as guide to the program which will be adopted in other states. ; Every mall received by Mayor Baker, of Portland, who Is handling the details for the big state-wide meeting. It filled with acceptances of Invitations mailed to officials or cities and count Ion throughout the state, leaders n every pursuit, man ufacturers, employers and labor leaders, who will attend the conven tion. From Washington has come the word that the departments of agri culture, interior and labor will send representatives to give aid to the people of Oregon In the solving of the Important reconstruction probloms. T. P. Teelo, of the de partment of interior, will leave Washington the latter part of this week for Portland to attend the ses sions. J. W. Brewer, of the United States department of agricultural, known on the Pacific coast as the "fsrm help specialist" will attend the con vention. The entire state has become arbused to the extreme Importance of the convention, and as a result an excellent attendance Is expected. The convention will be hold In the Port land auditorium In which four thousand delegates can be seated at one time. POISONOUS PLANTS I The tall larkspur growing on 20 acres of grazing range on the Siski you National forest, Oregon, was grubbed out by the cattlemen of the region In cooperation with the for est service, during the lost grazing season, according to a report re ceived by District Forester George H. Cecil. This little patch of pois onous larkspur Is the first area to be eliminated by this method in Ore gon. It has been responsible for a yearly loss of cattle valued at $2S0. The grubbing out operation cot $200. The value of cattlo lost on the national forests of the United States from tall larkspur poisoning during the past year was 1125,050, repre senting 2,500 head of cattle. Dur ing the "previous year losses were reduced $1 5,850 by the grubbing out of larkspur from 380 acres. The average cost of eradication Is about one-half the value of the average annual loss, Slnco the loss is con tinuous from year to year unless tho poisonous plants are eradicated. It assumes an enormous value In a few years. ALLIES ARE Dili UP GERMAN U-BOATS London, Jan. 2. German sub marines which have been surrender ed are being divided among the al lies, according to the Mall. The newspaper lays 15 go to France, 10 to Italy, seven to Japan and, four to the United States. The .U-boats turn ed over to the United States are said to be now on their way across the Atlantic. Tho newspaper does not specify the manner In which the rest of the 127 surrendered submarines are to be allotted. U HIT I II MUM UUI n MUlirKM mu iiiimi iw I lUllUUMU II Mil UULUILIlU Rons Into Sand Bank Near turning Soldiers, , Many of Them Wounded Heavy Seas Pounding, But Soldiers Not Yet in Danger New York, Jan. 2. The American trausporl Northern Pacific, which left Brest, France, on Christmas day with 2,480 wounded and well Amer ican soldlors, sailors and uurses. Went aground at Fire Island, one of the moat dungorous points on the Atlantic coast, In the rain and fog, at 3:30 a. tit. yesterday. After trying vainly all day to reach the stranded Northorn .Pacific, a crew of the coast guard reached her In a lifeboat shortly before 3 i. in. yesterday afternoon. The crew went aboard. Ten hours after the steamship with nearly 3,000 souls aboard, had gone aground prospects of getting her off were lessening, but those aboard were not considered In Im mediate danger. A rough sea was pounding the stranded vessel deeper Into the sand. New York, Jan. 2. After an un successful attempt mnde today to drag the Northern Pacific from the sand bar on which she was ground ed, navy offii'lals announced plans for removing the 2,480 troops to vessels standing by. at 1 o'clock this afternoon. If weather conditions are favorable. Heavy seas are pounding and rain Is falling. Apparently there Is no Immediate danger. .. Fire Island, Jan. 2. Threeoffl cers and one soldier, all wounded, were landed Just before noon today from the transport. They came In J. HAM I.KWIH AXXT8K8 THE IIHITHUCAN LKAUKK8 Washington,. Jan. 2. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis today charged the republican leaders with conspiring to discredit President Wilson while he Is abroad. THE DALLES VISITED BY A $40,000 FIRE The Dalles, Ore., . Jan. 2. The three-story building occupied by the Optimist Publishing company and the Albert Hotel were burned early today. Guests escaped in their night clothes. The loss was $40, 000, partly covered by Insurance. KX-KAISEIt "1111,1," VIOHY ILL Amsterdam, Jan. 2. William Ho- honzollern is reported very ill. L T Genoral Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, Nov, 26 (Cor respondence of the Associated Press) The prodigious effort of the medi cal department In the army In France Is revealed In statistics which the Associated Press Is now permit ted to make public. When, on No vember 11, the armistice suspended hostilities and the great expansion and extension work of the medical department was suspended, there were In operation 283,240 beds in camp and base hospitals and conva lescent camps with about 100,000 of them vacant. There were on duty In the Ameri can (Expeditionary force at that time 12,989 doctors and 8,503 nurses. The authorized nurse strength of the army when .America entered the war was 200 and of doctors 800, figures that testify to the work the medical corps was' called upon to perform. i Fire Island, With 2480 Re a coast guard boat, and were taken across the Island to a flotilla of small bout which carried them to the bay shore, and the coast guard returned for more. Officers declared that the strand ed troops are In the best of spirits and are making merry.. Four more life boat's filled with soldiers soon arrived, and four other boils rilled with members of the crew loft the ship for the outlying rescue vosaols. , Fire Island. Jan. 2. A Fire Island power boat from the cruiser Colum bia, bringing troops ashore, was cap- slsed near the beach, throwing nine men Into the sea. All were rescued by the life guard. , Fire Island. 2:20 p. m. A life boat loaded with troops from the transport capsized In a heavy surf. throwing It soldiers and the life savers Into the water. . All were saved. One soldier and three life severs were caught under the boat. The life guards ashore rushed Into the surf, rescued them, and, drag ging the boat to the beaoh, revived them. , Some of the soldiers were brought ashore In the aurt craft, but tba ma jority of them were ferried In llsfct draft vessel operating between the transport and warships off shore. The sea Is moderating and It Is be lieved that all aboard will be res cued. ....... 270 lUUTISII 8AUOHS ,AJIE DHOW.VKD NEW TEARS DAY London, Jan, 2 Two hundred and seventy sailors were drowned yesterday as the result of tho lose of the Britlah steam yacht lolalre off Stornoway, Scotland. The yacht had 300 sailors on board. , They were on New Tear's holiday leave. The vessel struck on the danger ous rocks, known as "The Beasts of Helm" near Storpoway harbor, and only about 80 of them were .saved. Many of these were terribly Injured In their efforts to reach the shore. AH the officers and crew of the lolalre were lost. IN PITIABLE CONDITION Washington, Jan. 2. Holler work being carried on In Northorn France by the Commission for Relief in Bel glum and tho pitablo condition of the 1,600,000 Inhabitants of that section who escaped the German In vasion, are described In a cablogrum received at tho headquarters of the commission here from Herbert Hoover at Pnrls. Mr. Hoover's message, made pub Ho tonight, revealed that the work or relief and rehabilitation In France will rail more heavily on tho com mission than had been expected, Mr. Hoover said relief work must in clude not only food and .clothing, but ! housing over a considerable area.. An enlarged, organization to handle the situation Is being built up and supplies have been obtained from the quartermaster's depart ment of the American army. Industrial life In the Invaded re gion has been almost completely par alyzed, . Mr. Hoover said. .,Ranroads have been, rendered, almost hopeless of .reconstruction for. many , mqntjhs, The. coal mines have been destroyed and there la scarcely a single factory that can be operated without a very large portion of new equipment. IHirlng Last Hra Tear tun Strug. gin iwt America Over ilH.OOO,. 000,00ft War Is Kulve WashlngibS. Jan. 2 It cost the American people about 118.160.000.. 000 to run its expensive war gov ernment and make loans to the al lies In the year ending Dec. 31, treasury reports show. December expenditures about 12.- 000,000,000, the record of the na tion's history, sent the aggregate war costs to date to approximately $24,500,000,000. Of the $18,160,000,000 bald out In 1918, probably $10,000,000,000 went for the army and the general military establishment, about $2, 000.000,000 for the navy. 81.000.. 000,000 for the shipbuilding pro- gram, $1,000,000,000 for other civil government needs and $4, 150.000.- 0 as loans to America's brothers In arms. That the public has paid onlv about one-third of . the war's ex penses, excluding foreign loans. In taxes In cash and two-thirds as loans to be paid In another generation, is Indicated by treasury figures. With the last four days of the year not yet tabulated, receipts from taxes, customs and miscellaneous rovenue amounted to $4,687,083,000 of which $2,949,032,000 came from Income and excess profits taxes alone. During the year $6,038,000,000 has come Into the treasury from the Fourth Liberty loan and 84.171.. ooo.ooo Jroiu the Third Llbertv loan In addition, $13,802,000,000 worth oi certificates or Indebtedness have been 'sold and subsequently largely redeemed from Liberty loan receipts. War savings alamos and certifi cates have brought $943,000,000. L .Washington, Jan. 2. A presiden tial boom for Senator George Cham berlain, of Oregon, Is looming as a result of his sensational speech In the senate In which he tore the Ud off of the war department and ex posed its workings. His speech waa widely discussed at the national capital today and gave Impetus to speculation which connects his name with the presiden tial nomination. The Chamberlain presidential boosters say that the re publicans expect to make a vast deal or capital out of exposures of the short comings or the war department In the recent war and that the dem ocrats could make a ten strike by nominating an Independent and rear less critlo and military expert like Senator Chamberlain,, whose leader ship would give assurance to the country that the objectionable con ditions In the war department and other branches or government would be remedied. Already many telegrams and let ters or approval or the speech are beginning to reach the Oregon sen ator. Mention of Senator Polndex tor, for the republican presidential nomination, suggests the Interesting possibility that the PaclHo north west might furnish the rival presi dential candidates in 1920. L OF Washington, Jan. 2. The senate commerce committee has voted to oxtend vthe Investigation of Hog Island to a general inquiry Into the accomplishments of the shipping board. Pies announced that the fleet corporation bad decided not to take over the Hog Island yard now in view of the marked Improvement of conditions there. PRESIDE! ANNIHILATED GENERAL OA IDA, AT HEAD OF CZIXHO-SLOVAKS, CAPTX'KES PEltM IN IRAL MOIXTAINS 31,000 PRISONERS ARE TIN Lenlno Make Kcae, lint Some of Ills Leaders Taken Hard Blow Itoalt the IWtUhevlkl Vladivostok, Jan. 2. In caDtur- Ing Perm, in the Ural mountains, ueneral Calda, loadlnz the Czecho slovak and Siberian forces, virtually destroyed the Bolshevik Third army rrom which be took 81,000 prison ers. He also captured the train from which Lentne was directing operations in the Perm region. , Lonlne escaped, but several mem- bera or his party were taken prison er. General Galda also captured 5,000 railway cars, 121 Held guns, 1,000 machine runs, several thous and horses and much other material. U. S, NAVUQ EAST AND 1ST COAST ! - ... J,.,,, ,; Washington, Jan. I. American naval forces will- be equally divided Into Atlantic and Paciric fleets by next summer, Secretary of the Navy " Daniels told the house naval affairs committee today. . , The secretary also aald that, hit and Admiral Benson would visit the Pacific coast soon to survey the sit-v uatlon there, with a view to putting the new plan Into operation. The Pacific fleet at"'ireaent Is and equipment added to the Atlantic fleet, because of war conditions. , "'ws uwiuwou uu ,iual . uuuer - i the new plan of dividing the forces i Into equal parts, the navy would be kept at top notch by competition and rival y between the two forces, The navy will keep one main air station at San Diego and another at Pensacola, the secretary said, adding that no additional stations would be built now, A training station for the marine corps will also be kept at San Diego and it la probable that the naval training station at Goat Island will be transferred to San Diego or some other southern Cali fornia port. Final decision on this matter will be reserved until Dan iels visited the coast, he said. PRESIDEXT AT MODAXE 'Rome, Italy, Jan. ' 2. President Wilson and party have arrived at Modane, on the Franco-Italian bor der. . OF CLOVER IS BEST Oregon Agricultural College. Cor- vallls, Jan. 2. The best mothod or getting, a clover stand under western Oregon conditions Is broadcasting the seed on fall sown wheat, oats, barley or vetch and oats grain in late February, writes B. F. Sheehan, Instructor In rarm crops. If the ground is dry enough, the seed Is harrowed In, If not. the rains will beat In enough to make a stand. To succeed It must be sown not later than the first of March. berore the spring growth begins. The seed will be tested for purity and germination at the experiment station seed test. ing, laboratory free of, charge,, Farm ers may thus know exactly what they are putting on their fields. i I- ' t 1 )