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Ylll J: - grants pass, josethixb county, Oregon, Thursday, January 2.1, ibh. whole number 2372.
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By U.S.REP0RT
I'KNXHYLVA.N'IA OXLY STATE
SHOWING tX).TIM KI DEMAND
FOR ALL LAISOHKIU4
PACtFIC . COAST HAS SURPLUS
I'Ynnt North to Hotith and Kt to
W wt I ho Miirvcy Hliow JUny
More lon Than Job
The lulluwliiK statement ot llio la
lor altuutlou over Hit) United States
1 Ukuu from tho late report given
out by the department Of Uur at
Washington:
"The situation an to common la
tor bo materially changed since lout
week In many mictions. Twelve
late report a surplus of this clus
aa against seven state lust week.
The 12 Htutuit are CulKorula, Colo
rado, Idaho, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa,
Missouri, Montana, Nebrusku, North
Dakota. Oregon, Utah. In nearly all
the southurn state there la a aliorl-
Ke In all trade, the surpluses re
ported being In a few special trades.
The country' surpluses seem to fol
low a belt acrosa country from Con
nnctlcuf to Minneapolis. Soitth of
that line there are general ihortaKes.
Weather conditions ai affecting lake
navigation are aald, In a measure
to be responsible for this.
"New York State: Plants closing
for Inventory In Now York City re
duced the number of employes by
bout 10,000, ,bt these plant are
now 'Increasing their forces, Short
ages In the state are Indicated In
common labor,, ship , and railroad
workers and a few auto mechanics.
"Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Is
the only state showing a continued
demand for all lines. The demand
for laborers, coal miners, quarry
men and shlpworkers has Increased
ubstsnllally over the previous week,
though from reports rocolved the
shortage of 20,000 Indicated last
week has been reduced'to 11,000.
South nethlehem .and Allentown re
port reduction' In the number of em
ployes. Most other cities report ad
ditions to their forces.
"Ohio: Akron la the only city in
the state reporting any material
eliortiiKH, and there Is a considerable
reduction of this (shortage over the
previous week,1 In other cities sur
pluses are Increasing. In Cincinnati
tho surplus is placed nt 2,000; Clove
land, 20,000; Toledo. 10,000: Duy
ton, 7,000.
"Middle Western: .Detroit's sur
plus Htlll stands, hut nn. Increase In
the number 'of employes Ib Indicated
liy the reports. Othorwlnu supply In
tho Btate" about equals the demand.
"Western: Missouri shows con
tinued surpluses, 'particularly in the
eastern section of tho slate.
"Southern: 'Birmingham, Ah., re
ports a shortuKO though thoro rms
tioen a reduction In the number of
employes, while Mobile reports i
considerable Increase In the number
of einployos. In the state there Is
a nhortngo of farm labor, common
labor, carpenters and coal miners.
"I'nclflo Coast: Seattlo reports a
continued Increase In the number of
vmployos and a slight shortage
Slight decreases are Indicated In
'Portland, Ore., where there still
'continues to ho a surplus In skilled
nnd unskilled labor. ' California still
hows a surplus, which hag been in
creased since the previous week's re
port. "Throughout the country there,
lias beon a considerable Increase in
mirplhfl, but plants that have been
reducing for the lost two weeks, now
appear to be putting' on men.
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 23. Per-,
laps the youngest husband In the
United States, ' at least, Is List eon
Barber, 16 years old, who, was mar
Tied here today to Mrs. Blanch M.'
Schnerlnger, 25 years of age. '. ,
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LAM
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BOLSHfJiKI M
IN
I't'imutitx In (.rent NiimlM-r Hevolt,
l'ort lug leader of IUmIm lo Give
t'p Town Without Fight
London, Jan. 23. The Bolshevik
force In northern Russia have suf
fered severe defeats, according; to
Copenhagen dispatches.
Oreat peasant revolt are reported
from many part of the country and
the Dolshevlk commander ordered
hi troop to surrender the town of
Slnovotf w'lthout a fight. ,
G I IK AT BUILDING Kit A
HELD UP Y T1IK WAR
Washington, Jan. 23. Contracts
for 800 public school houses, total
ing some eighty million dollars,
have been held up as a result of the
war, according to but a partial tabu
lation of building condition
throughout the United States, which
has been made by the, statistical sec
tion of the division of public works
and construction development, U. S.
department of labor. It Is estimated
that the completed tabulation will
show that these school projects,
now being held In abeyance, aggre
gate more than one hundred million
dollar.
JOSEPHINE OVER TOP
WITH SOI TO SPARE
Josephine ' county contributed
1180.550 to the grand total of 938,
363,550 of the Fourth Liberty loan
lr. Oregon. The number of subscrib
er In the county was 1.617. :, The
oversubscription was 17.03. These
figuro have just been received from
states headquarters. The official
compilations do not show the Quota
of non-banking center.
In the newspapers outside of
Portland 87.R34 column 'Inches of
space was used In paid and free pub
licity In aid of the loan.
Following Is the statement of this
county:
Grants Pass Quota, $154,280;
subscribed, $180,550; number of
subscriptions, 1;C37.
COMiltAlK) I'MSS TO1 WILD
MANY GREAT HIGHWAYS
Donvor, Colo., Jan. 23. Proposal
to issue 420,000,000 In bonds for
the improvement of Colorado high
ways is tho principal subject for con
federation of tho Colorado Good
Itoads association which Is holding
Its eighth annual convention here
today. Proponents of tho plan want
the Indorsement of the association
whon tho measure .comt' before the
state legislature and if adopted it
will so before the' voters at the next
general election.
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Washington, Jan. 23. The 65th
artillery, formed from Oregon and
Washington coast artillery troops, Is
reported to have sailed from' Franco
on January ,15. . They are expected
to roach the United States about
January 80.
New York, Jan. 23. The trans
port Orizaba brought; 2,568 troops
today. Throe hundred and eighty
are sick or 'wounded. The troops In
clude the 52nd ammunition train,
12 casual companies . and signal
corps units. '",
Washington, Jan. 23. The trans
port Martha Washington has sailed
from France with 2,400 troops, in
cluding 250 sick and wounded. The
battleship Connecticut Is due at
Newport News on February 1 with
1,000 men., ' The transport Mallory
Is due In New Tork January 31 with
1,800 of the 327th field artillery..
BEATEN
NORTH
HUNS display
IGNORANCE OF
U. S. AFFAIRS
BELIEVE! AMERICA SUFFERING
FROM LA I tOH SHORTAGE BE
CAl'BE SLAVS IE1'AKTEI
THINK WE HEED SKILLED MEN
Many Germans Look Upon America
A Beat Place to Start Anew
and 'Amass Fortune
The Hague, Jan. 18. DUcussing
the question of American granting
credit to Germany, the Frankfurter
Zottung report that a member of
the armistice commission who 1 In
touch with American,, and who fit
with Hoover In Brussels, said that
the granting of foreign credit' was
looked upon skeptically In America.
He ald that the granting of such
credit to Germany wa under lively
discussion, but there was at present
a cooling off In the attitude toward
Germany which would cdmpel( the
people to wait. If the entente sue
ceed In putting through a program
against the Ideas of President Wil
son, It 1 hardly to be assumed, says
the newspaper, that American busi
ness men will want to do business
with an enthralled Germany, even It
Involving little risk.
In the foreground of the whole
discussion about Germany, continues
the paper,. Is the future problem of
emigration. Even today,' it says, a
big Influx of experienced German
workmen Is counted apon id America
and the people are surprised that the
question has not been discussed In
Germany. America' la represented
as suffering from an increasing lack
of workmen, a many Slavs are re
turning to Europe, and there is
still great opposition to the employ
ment of coolies.
The correspondent learns that the
question as -to whether and how
soon America will allow German
citizens to enter the United States
Is already eagerly discussed in many
circles in Germany. Many business
men think America the only place to
start afresh, ,and many wish to visit
relatives In America.
Purls, Jan. 23. The body of an
American policeman was found near
the railroad at Tournus, In the de
partment of Saono Et Loire. Wounds
In the head Indicate that he had
beon murdered. The dispatch prob
ably refers to a member of the Am
erican mllltnry police.
FLU HITS UTIEM XKAU
AUCIIAXGKL HEAVY lll.OW
Archangel, Nov. 20, via- London.
Dec. 26. (Correspondence of the.
Associated Press). The Murman
coast, tho Kola peninsula and the
entire district of .the White Sea
coast have suffered heavily from the
influenza.. In the regions of Onega
and Kern, tho population of entire
vlllagos and counties are 111 with
the disease. Along tho shore of the
White Sea there nre only three or
four sanitary' or-dispensary points
and In many c,ases thoee are wltho-.it
medicines. '
CALIFORNIA, SENATE OPPOSES
CANCELLATION OF LOANS
Sacramento Cal Jan. 22. A
resolution declaring the cancellation
of loans made by the United States
to the allies was "unpatriotic and
unnecessary," was adopted today by
the California state senate 32 to 0.
A proposal to cancel the loans Is
pending In the United States senate.
EMIT STILL
E
E
ITALIANS, IX DESIRE TO HEAD
OFF OROATIAXS, HAVL DOWX
r. S. FLAG
BOLSHEII ARE WEAKENING
Troteky Orders Governor to Give Up
City Rather Tban Engage la
Bttle
Washington, Jan. 23. It la re
ported that the Serbo-Croatian res-
tei, Dlanara, under the American
flag and having navigator license
Issued by the naval commander In
the Adriatic, was boarded by Italian
forces at Jelsa on January 18. who
hauled down the American flag and
carried the shin off under Italian
colors.
Orders Rod to Surrender
London, Jan. 23. Trotsky has
ordered the Bolshevik governor of
Petrograd to surrender the city with
out a fight, if attacked by the north
ern Russian forces.
Hun to Meet at Weimar
Amsterdam, Jan. 23. The first
work of the German national as
sembly at the meeting at Weimar on
February 6, will be to elect a pro
visional government, then draft a
constitution. ' -
PEACE CONFERENCE
Paris, Jan. 23. The Temps says
It will be difficult tor the entente
mission to Poland to make an inves
tigation and report to the peace
conference before three weeks' time
Paris, Jan. 23. The solution to
the Russian problem is considered
the first visible manifestation of
the American-Briti9h accord on the
great Issues before the peace con
gress. Paris, Jan. 23. Recognition of a
new government in Poland is expect
ed here.
Paris, Jan. 23 Tho French Wom
an's League ba,Si demanded a fran
chise, i.
Paris, Jan. 23. With replies from
various Russian factions to the pro
posal for a'conference being awaited,
tho supreme council met today.
Meanwhile, the joint allied commis
sion Is being made up. The congress
will not consider the league of na
tions until the action regardlng'Rus
sla shows results one way or the
other. .
Paris, Jan. 23. Portuguese cir
cles here have learned that it for
mer King Manuel is not ready to
head the monarchial movement in
Portugual, his followers , will offer
the throne to Don Miguel, of Brag
anza, husband of Anita Stewart, an
American. .
SIRS. STANNARD DIES
AT HOME IN GOLD BEACH
.Gold Beach, Ore.j Jan. 23. Mrs.
J. R. Stannard, wife of the late rep
resentative to the Oregon legislature,
died at the family home from pneu
monia yesterday, without learning
of her husband's death.
BAR
PASSAG
OFPEACEDOV
blames wilson
for conditions
Henutor Jone of WaxhlnKton Say
President' Ikntrictlon Against
Shipbuilding Almost Criminal
Washington, Jan. 23. President
Wilson's failure to remove restric
tions against the construction in
American shipyards of steel ships
for foreign account was criticized In
the senate yesterday by Senator
Jones, of Washington, who declared
it unjustifiable and. "almost crimin
al." Such a policy, he said, not
only compelled shipyards to suspend
operations, throwing thousands of
men out of employment, bnt result
ed in these contracts being awarded
to firms in other countries.
"We were asked." said Senator
Jones, "to give up our Just rights in
the Panama canal to help the presi
dent solve mysterious problems be
tween this country and another
country. We did it and to this day
no one knows what benefit it wa
to us. After the armistice was en
tered into and the war was practic
ally over, Secretary Redfield recom
mended that the United States
shonld stand back and allow other
countries to have the first chance at
the world's export trade in order
that they may rehabilitate them
selves. And now when we are con
fronted with the perplexing prob
lems of peace the president himself
refuses to permit our shipyards to
take contracts to build steel ships
for foreign account -
"Foreign shipbuilding contracts
are sought tor American shipyards.
The shipyards cannot, take these
contracts because they cannot get a
permit to do ao from their own gov
ernment. American shipyards' are
closed. American labor Is Idle.. Am
erican resonrees are. unused. Hun:
dreds of millions of foreign capital
wanting to cbme here Is directed to
foreign countries. Why? Because
an American president, using the
power given to him to carry on the
war, refuses for undisclosed reasons
to permit our people to take those
contracts and build these ships. No
reason can be given to Justify It." ,
SAKS WIRELESS WILL
I
London, Jan., 23. (British wire
less) "By the time the peace treaty
Is signed we shall be talking across
the. Atlantic by wireless," says God
frey Isaacs, managing director of
the . Marconi Wireless Telegraph
company, in an interview, "One day
in the not far distant future," be
adds, "I. think we shall walk about
with wireless 'telephones attached to
our bodies and we shall be able,
standing say in Plcadily Clreufe, to
call np a friend who is flying some
where. Or we may have an invita
tion by wireless telephony from a
friend flying In France to Join hjm
at dinner in the evening. .
"Wireless telephony has been
very largely used in war for com
munication between airplanes and
headquarters and for artillery work.
Bnt there Is no reason why it should
not be available over very much
longer distances.
''It' will not be very long before
one will be able to sit at one's desk
ki London and speak to New York
practically Instantaneously. Equal
facilities will be available for com
municating -with Patls, Rome, Mos
cow or Amsterdam. In my view it
will beas easy to speak to Sydney
or Melbourne or to New Zealand.
"Long distance wireless telephony
will apply also to ships at sea and
to airplanes and airships."
FAT STEER BRING RECORD
PRICE 60 CENTS PER POUND
Denver, Jan.- 23. Sixty cents a
pound was paid today by a buyer of
Denver for the grand champion indi
vidual fat steer at the Denver stock
Bhow. The sjeer which weighed
1,800 pounds, was sold by the West
ern Meat company of San Francisco.
SOLDIER BILL
SIGNED TODAY
BY GOVERNOR
CARRIES 4100,000 RELIEF AP
PROPRIATION FOR SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS NOW IDLE
OF
Members Accused of Laxity in Re
pairing State Buildings and Var
iation in Value
Salem, Ore., Jan. 23. The sailors'"
and soldiers' relief bill again passed
both houses and has been signed by
Governor Withycombe. It carries a
$100,000 appropriation.
Salem, Jan. 23. A senate memor
ial asking congress to remove the
revenue tax from fruit Juice has
been adopted In both houses.
A memorial asking congress to
cause an Investigation of the con
duct of the bureau-of war risk In
surance of the treasury department
was also passed.
. Salem, Jan. 23. Legislators
harshly criticised the board of con
trol at a 'Joint meeting of the ways
and means committee lost night.
Members accused the board of laxity
in repairing the buildings of the
state Institutions, and of lack of uni
form valuation on farm products
showing in the biennial reports. '
Mexico City, Jan. 23. A project
for the division of national lands of
Mexico among small farmers and
ranchers is expected to be presented
by President Carranza to the present
session of the Mexican congress.. It
is proposed to organize agricultural
colonies with state support and su
pervision in the states of Coahulla.
Knevo Leon, Chiapas and Chihua
hua. The plan involves the develop
ment of Irrigation projects which al
ready have been proposed by the
department of development and to
comprise conservation of natural re
sources. ,
The outline of a new series of laws
to govern the relations between em
ployers and the employed and to
limit tha working day to eight hours
has been submitted to the represen
tatives In congress. The proposed
laws are intended also to protect
fha mo era Af vApVman nmvla Ytv
genlc surroundings for workers,
compensation for Industrial acci
dents, protection of women employes
and arbitration of Industrial dis
putes. THREE MILLION ACRES
Portland, Ore., Jan. 23. Plans
for a state wide Irrigation program
in Oregon are well under way. Lands
in this state susceptible to irrigation
total 8,500,000 acres, with measured
water facilities for the irrigation ot
at least four million acres. Irriga
tion was begun in Oregon many
years ago, but due tq lack of govern
ment aid, so land owners claim, only
about one million Acres has been
brought under Irrigation.
The great projects are located in
eastern and central Oregon, as far
south as the California line. . In the
Willamette valley, one ot the most
productive 'on the Pacific coast,
there are about two million acres
which may be irrigated for Intensive
farming - purposes, surveys . have.
shown. " -. I .