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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOUNTV, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1919.
WHOLE XCMDER 23fl.
RHINE WILL
NOT BE GIN
UP SAYS FOCH
SUES' HOME
Henry l-oniitr Umrm 9 1, 000, Itut the
Thief leaves 9:100 In Victim's
Puma
WILL HE IHKI AH UARRICIt
AGAINST HUN 1IORDEH IN CASE
OK "COME RACK"
Roseburg, Ore., Jan. 18. A thou
and dollar were itolen from the
coat pocket of Honry Lemur at the
Soldiers Home bore. There have
boon other thefts at the home.
YANKS HAD DEVIL'S 01 PUNCH
Argouno Front Whwo American At
tacked Waa One of tho Hardest
Nuts to Crack
Treves. Jan. IK. It is the convic
tion of Marshal Koch that the Khlne
must bo made the barrier between
Oermany and France. Ue expressed
bls clearly yoatwrday when ho re
celvnd American newspaper rorro
uondonts. The marshal I here In
connection with the moetlnK con
corning the extension of the German
armistice.
' Marshal Koch pointed out tho dif
ficulties that had been overcome
aod'sald that peace must be common
urate with tho price of victory
Oermany now was beaten, ho added
tut with her resource, especially In
men, recuperation In a comparative
ly short time was quite possible. It
was now the duty of the allies to
prevent further aggressions.
Marahal Koch praised the work o
the American troops and said that
General Pershing had asked that
the American forces be concentrated
for an attack on one soctor. The
allied generalissimo 'admitted that
the Argonne-Meue front, where the
Americans began- their offensive on
September 20. was a "sector hsrd to
tackle." The marshal said he had
told General Pershing:
' "You men have the devil's own
punch. They will get away with all
that. Go to it."
The American attack succeeded
the marshal continued, "and here
we are on the Rhine."
The armistlco was not concluded
too soon and the allies got all they
asked for from Germany, without
continuing the fighting. The allies,
the marshal said, were prepared for
another, offensive stroke, which
would have forced the Germans to
srlve up. This was to have boen
made In Lorraine on November 14,
with six American and 20 French divisions.
SCENEOFRDBBERY
the
VOLUNTEERS SWARMING TO COL
ORS TO PROTEST EASTERN
FRONT FROM INVASION. '
ex-
The Row-burn Review gives
following account of the theft:
There has been . considerable
citetnent today and yesterday at the
Soldiers Home regarding a robery
reported to have taken place there
on Wednesday afternoon about 4 or
o'clock. Henry tamar, a veteran
at the Home, Is the man who was
robbed. Mr. Lemar said that he left
bis room in the main barracks to go
to supper and left banging there on
the wall his vestcoat containing a
purse having In It the amount of
$1,360. When he returned the vest-
coat and nurse were still there, but
$1,000 of the money had dlsap
peared. The guilty person had been
clovor enough to leave $360 of the
money In the purse in the hope of
postponing discovery.
The theft was brought to the at
tentlon of the officials at once and
thi.v tiitva heen working on the case.
but today nothing definite nad been
rnachnd. The affair see ms to be
quite entanglod'and hard to unravel
The inonev stolon consisted all of
$50 bills, and has not been recov
ered. Where It went to la the mys
tery. The exact amount left In the
purse was $360. The officers have
their suspicions regarding the per
petrator of the deed, and the men
f mm the Home renort that this Is
not the first occurrence of the kind
there, although the others were not
so serious In their nature. How Mr.
Umir hannened to have so much
money about his person Is unknown
excopt that he was not In the habit
of keeping It In the bank. It Is
thought that developments will come
to light within a few days which will
clear up the case.
CZECHS HAVE ABMY OF 500,000
Ioknl Anzelgcr Declare Fart of Em
pire Will Re, Lost Unless Ger
man Troops Awake
Berlin, Jan. 18. Volunteers are
Joining the colors In great numbers
at Koonlgsberg to protect the boun
daries of East Prussia from Bolshe
vist aggression and : against the
Polos, it Is reported.
The Lokal Anzelger declares that
the eastern frontier will soon be lost
unless the Germans awake to the
danger, and that 800,000 Germans
In Poson are being prevented by the
Poles from arranging for elections
to the national assembly. '
The Czechs are reported to have
an army of 500,000 threatening an
Invasion of Breslau, Silesia. The
people of the threatened district
have formulated an appeal to Pres
ident Wilson, asking 'protection
against the Czechs, saying that their
country Is overwhelmingly German.
SAYS VACCINE PROVED
AT.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. Of
liiore than 1,001) persons treated at
the city hoalth offlco here with in-
lluena vncclne, only eluht have do
voloped tho dlseaso, according to
announcement of Dr. D. H. Ransom,
usslatunt hoalth officer. Of these,
Dr. Ransom said, only three were at
tacked after the full three dosos of
the scrum had boon admlnlstorod.
Throe dovoloped after one treatment
liad boon given and two after two
treatments.
: No deaths of persons who took the
treatment were known by health of
ficers to have occurred, and no cases
of pneumonia have followed, so far
a they have learned. The serum
was furnished the olty by the Cook
county hospital at Chicago.
FLU CONDITION BETTER
Portland, Jan. 18. Considerable
amiaront imirovemont In Influenza
conditions nre reported today. To
day thore were 200 new cases and
five deaths; ycRtorday there were
27C cases and 25 deaths. There
were five deaths In one family In
hours. The four children of Herbert
Baldwin and their grandfather,
Frank Jshns, died.
P
HUNS IN CH . RIOT STARTS
FEAR OF POLES WHEN HEARST
AND RUSS REDS IS CHEERED
MEETING ORGANIZED TO WEL
COME RETURNING TROOPS
liltEAKS IP IN RIOT
MAIN EJECTED FROM THE HALL
300 Policemen Take Part Men and
Women Mount Chairs to View
Physical Encounters
BRAKEMAN MEETS
DEATH III A WRECK
Logging Train Roll Down Embank
ment, lue to Washout- Others
: '' Injured Roller Explodes-
Portland, Jan. 18. Carl Magun
son, a brakeman on the; logging
train' of the Kehalem 'Logging 'com
pany at Scapoose, died from injuries
when the train went down an em
bankment, due to a track washout
last night.
Engineer Ray Tenant and another
brakeman, Archie Williams, are se
verely injured and In the hospital.
The boiler of the locomotive explod
ed after tire accident.
ASKS PEOPLE TO PRAY -
. TO CHECK INFLUENZA
Salem, Ore.,' Jan. 18. Governor
Withycombe today issued a procla
mation at the request of the Port
land Ministerial Association, asking
the people to pray at 11 o'clock Sun
day morning that the spread of in
fluenza cease.
New Tork, Jan. 18. Intermittent
uproar marked a mass meeting held
at Madison-Square Garden last night
by the Independent citizens commit
tee, organized to welcome home com
ing troops, as a protest against the
appointment by Mayor Hylan of Wil
liam R. Hearst as chairman of a
committee named for the same pur
pose.
More than a score of persons were
ejected from the hall after they had
started disturbances by calling at
the top of their voices for cheers
for Hearst or Hylan. A few of them
were soldiers and sailors. After each
of these Incidents there were coun
ter demonstrations, although a ma
jority of those in the building ap
parently were ardently In sympthy
with the purposes -of the new com
mlttee.
Men and women leaped onto
chairs, either to shout protest or
encouragement to the officers or to
have a better view of what was hap
pening. There was no lack of noise
but few actual physical encounters.
Rev. 9. Parkea Cad man, one of the
speakers, was Interrupted by
CURRY COUNTS SOLON
VICTIM OP PNEUMONIA
Salem, Jan. 18. John R. - Stan
nard, of Gold Beach, elected a mem
ber of the Oregon house of represen
tatives . from Coos nd Curry coun
ties. Is dead of pneumonia at Ban-
don, according to a letter 'received
by Speaker Seymour Jones. " "
(Continued on page 1.)
THROUGH FEAR OF TREACHERY BRITISH
CAPTAIN LEAVES 18 GERMANS TO FATE
Washington, Jan. 18. General
March announced today that the
American fprces In Franco and the
occuplod territory of Gormany are
to bo reduced to minimum strength,
conslBtent wlth'-our natloual obli
gations." '
General March said that the num
ber of divisions kept In Europe by
the United States will be far less
than 80 divisions, but the number
Is. unofficially estimated.
FROM MONTH TO MONTH
Paris, Jan. 18. The agreement
Tor the renewal of the German ar
mistice signed Thursday provides tor
the renewal of the armistice ' from
time to time after a month's exten
elon, until the conclusion of peace,
subject to the approval of the allied
.governments.
MULTNOMAH KENATOU
WANTS STATE POLICE
Salem, Jan. 18. The creation of
a state police department and the
appropriation of (60,000 to start it
are proposed In a bill Introduced in
the senate by Senator Orton of Mult
nomah county. A superintendent at
a salary of 13,000 a year, a deputy
superintendent at $2,400 and a force
of 12 officers at $1,500 a year each
authority being given the superinten
dent to appoint' his subordinates
are proposed In the measure.
London, Dec. 31. (Correspon-i
dence of the Associated Press.)
Captain William Martin, of the Brit
ish trawler King Stephen, wno, from
fear of treachery, refused to take off
the crew of the disabled Zeppelin
L-19 In the North Sea in February
1916, died 11 months later of a nerv
ous collapse caused by the mistaken
belief that be had been poisoned.
This and other facts concerning the
Incident now are available for the
first time and It is possible to tell
the story In detail. It is believed
herethat the 18 Germans compos
ing the crew of the L-19 perished.
The action of Captain Martin
evoked denunciations of alleged
"British inhumanity" In the German
press Which compared the affair to
the celebrated Baraloug case. It Is
claimed here that public opinion up
held Captain Martin in his position
that If he had taken the Germans on
board the trawler they would have
captured the vessel and unarmed
his crew of ten men. It will be re
called that the Rev. Arthur W. In
gram bishop of London, publicity de
clared, "we ought to stand by a skip
per. The Germans have killed chiv
alry In wartime." "
(Because of his' action,' Captain
Martin, It Is learned, received a num
ber of letters threatening his life.
About 11 months after the North Sea
Incident, he came ill after smoking a
cigarette from a box sent him by
mail and he was convinced that the
cigarette contained poison. Analysis
of the tobacco proved that his fears
were unfounded but he never recov
ered from the shock. The verdict
of his -physician was that he had died
from sheer fright." "
The L-19 had taken, part in a raid
over the midland counties of Eng
land In which " 67 non-com oaranta
were killed and 117 injured. The
Zeppelin was damaged by gun fire
and compelled to descend to the
North Sea where Captain Martin of
the King Stephen found her resting
in the water. According to Captain
Martin's story the Zeppelin's com
mander offered him a reward if he
would take off the German crew but
Martin refused saying, "I don't trust
you,"
"I had talked It over with George
GREAT
.yl. . I
PEAC
E
CONVENTION
HAS
OPENED
PRESIDENT .POI.VCAIRE MAKES
SPEECH DELEGATES READY
V FOR BIG UNDERTAKING ' '
I EE
Publicity Plana Calls for One Open
and Five Secret Session Each
. Week;- - -, ...
Paris, Jan. 18. The peace con
ference formally opened this after
noon, with a speech by President
Polnt-alre. .
President Polncaire thanked the
allied nations for having chosen.
Paris Xor their work, and praised the
valor of the allied armies which pre
served the French capital from the
enemy.
93 PERISH OH GREAT
LAKES DURING WINTER
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 18. Ninety-
three deaths and a loss to shipping
of from $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 is
the disaster toll of the . 1918 ship
ping season on the Great Lakes, ac
cording to figures compiled here.
.The loss of life was unusually heavy.
due fo the drowning Of 78 men '61
the two French mine sweepers that
disappeared in a gale on Lake Su
perior November 24. ' Loss to ship
ping was the lightest in many years.
Four vessels were sunk in colli
sions, five foundered in storms, and
the Congdon, one of the largest new
ships on the lakes,' went to pieces on
Canoe rocks, near Passage Island,
Lake Superior, with its cargo 6f
grain, invplvlng a loss of $1,500,000
V-139 IS TURNED OVER
TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Paris. Wednesday, Jan. 15. Ger
man submarine U-139 has arrived at
Brest, a fortnight later 'than other
U-boats turned over to France, ow
ing to her damaged condition. "
She is the world's largest Bub-
marine, being S54 feet long and hav
ing a displacement of 2,900 tons.
nly
Paris, Jan. 18. All peace dele
gates held final meetings this morn
ing before the assembling of the
peace congress this afternoon. Presi
dent Wilson, however, remained at
the Murat mansion to rest. V
The prospect for rapid progress at
the congress seemed enhanced today
by the defeat of Bolshevism in Oer
many, thus opening the way to sta
bilizing, the government.
The proposed league of nations
will be the first business. All ques
tions at Issue will be decided before
the enemy delegate arrived. It has
been decided impossible to have Rus
sia represented by any Russian ele
ment at present.
The latest publicity plan of the
supreme war council calls for' one
open and five secret sessions week
ly. The American , correspondents
are still insisting on unrestricted
publicity. . .
Paris, Jan. 18. The British peace
alms coincide with the American
ideas on the whole, investigation
shows. , .
She made only one cruise before the
Denny, my mate," Captain Martin is armlstlce was signed.
quoted as saying, ' and we ' agreed
that it we lowered a boat and sent
some of. the crew to the Zeppelin
they would be kept- prisoners until
we did as the Germans wished which
would probably be that in the end
we should have them take charge of
the' ship if they came on board, or if
we refused "to fetch them off they
would carry the crew of our boat
down with them. I was determined
to take no risks. I know what the
Germans had done to my class in the
North Sea, and, besides Zeppelin
crews' droppldg bombs on houses
and killing women and children
didn't appeal to me. There were
18 Germans and only 10 of us and
you could scarcely imagine their al
lowing us to take them as prisoners.
There were two to one.
"So I old the commander plainly
that nothing he could say would In
duce me to rescue them. It was not
a nice feeling to leave 18 men to
drown even if they were your ene
mies. When the commander saw we
were leaving and- that there was no
chance of being rescued, he and the
others set up a howl. Their rage
was awful. Shaking their fists in
despair, they . kept shouting out
'Gott, strafe England.' ' And they
kept shouting this again and again
as long as we were within hearing.
The weather had been steadily grow
ing worse and as no other vessel was
in eight, I knew the Germans were
doomed, but I felt that I had' done
the i right thing under the "circum
stances." :'' '.-' "
Chicago, Jan. 18. July 4tn, 1919,
was' set yesterday by the labor Moo
ney congress here as the date for a
nation-wide strike of every branch
of organized labor as a protest
against the Imprisonment of Thomas
J. Mooney.
Resolutions setting the date for
tho strike and providing tor a com
mission of five labor delegates to go
to Washington to solicit federal in
tervention -In Mooney's behalf were
passed overwhelmingly.
Adoption of the motion followed
a four-hour debate.
.Resolutions yesterday included:
Recommendation of five year gov
ernment control of railroads.
Reorganization of the American
Federation of (Labor on an Industrial
basis and to oppose capitalism".
Recall of Samuel Gompers as
president of the federation, with
Mooney as a candidate for his post
tlon. . . .
Recommendation to President Wil
son for the removal of Postmaster
General 'Burleson.
Appointment of five men to coun
cil of soldiers, sailors and workmen.
Demand for general amnesty tor
political and Industrial prisoners.
IN THE UTAH SCHOOLS
" J . .'.'. " ; i 1? ir M.-.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 18. Utah
schools, particularly those of Salt
Lake City, will study history and
geography with the aid of newspa
pers and news articles in the future.
According to Professor Ernest A.
Smith, superintendent of schools
here, practically all modern history
relating to the European war will In
clude the close study of newspaper
stories from the battletronts and
European capitals.
One or two weekly magazines al
so will be used In this work and his
torical and geographical studies will
Include the solving of problems
through argumentation- and not by
mere recital of. facts as recorded. . ,
In the universities and colleges In
this state the University of Utah,
Utah Agricultural college and' Brig
ham Young university these meth
ods also will be followed to a con
siderable extent. Plans outlining
these courses are in the course of be
ing worked out but they will not as
sume definite shape for several
weeks. ;t:
SAY UEBKNECHT DIP
" NOT TRY TO ESCAPE
t Hi
i t- i v. t ,y
-London," Jan. ' lS.- Independent
socialists at Berlin "assert that Dr.
Liebknecht, who was killed yester
day by a mob, did not try to escape
from the escort of troops,, but that
hei was shot through the forehead a
few1 paces' distant by' soldiers' guard
ing him, says a Copenhagen diBpatcb.