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r It VOL. IX., No. UU. , GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ' 14, 191. WHOLE NVMBEH 2301. m ai DIES IN met FROM ACCIDENT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IIV ADJUTANT GENERAL RECEIV ED HERE TODAV LEFT HEW YORK OH TUSCANIA gtmred In Company D.'soih Engi neer, In Haw Mill Camp In Central Franco GOV IWILL HELP WAR DISABLED MEN la In No Brne Cliurlty for Men to - Accept I'mlo Ham' Offer Have Paid Well for It Mr. end Mm. George II. Parker this afternoon received an offlclu! telegram from the adjutant general notifying thorn of the death of their on, Edward F. Parker, on January II, the result of an accident in Franco. No detalla were given. The laat lotter received by hla parenU waa written January 10, and at that tint ho waa In Central Franco at the George H. Kelly camp, Parker having been a member of the 20th Enalneers and engaged In one of the aawmlll cam pa. .. Edward Parker enlisted at Bond Ore., December 11, J 91 7. and waa a member ot Co. D, 8th Bat. 10th En Etneers. ne left New York the laat of January. 118. on the lllfated Tuacanla, which waa torpedoed and aunk off the Irish eoaat February 6, 118. Parker waa Included In the announcement of those missing. It transpired, however, hat he with a 'floien other soldlera were taken off the Taseanla at -Halifax. .Novla Sco tia, and 'placed In a hospital there on account of exposure to the measles. A short time after bo waa reported aa missing hla parent re ceived a letter from him. . Edward Frederick Parker, son ot Mr. and Mrs. George H. Parker', waa born In Grants Pass, March t. 1B96, and spent bta entire life here until February, 117. en ha wnt to Algoma, later going to Bend;. He attended the city schools and during sveral, seasons' played Jn the Twi light league, being catcher for the Presbyterian (earn. ' Edward we the youngest of family of eight, and I survived by his parent, two brother, Cbarlea, of Rlshee. Arts.: and George, of Ootsa Lake, B. C, and five sister, Mrs. Edna Ireland, of Portland, Ore.: Mrs. Mary Welch, of presoott. Ore.; . Mr. Laura Veatch. Misses ' Augusta and Gertrude Parker, of Klamath Falls. . Mr. Parker was a fine, Indus trious, thoughtful lad, a member of the Prpshvterlnn church and . C. E society. Shortly before ho enlled he took out a $10,000 government In - eurance policy In favor of hi mother. Washington, Feb. 14. The work of fitting war disabled men so that dospfto their injuries they are able to becom (killed, efficient wage earner. I held by th United State government to be strictly a govern mental act of Justice toward it dis abled defenders, and 111' order to be sure that they get the best attention the world can' afford, the govern ment I seeing after them Itself. A good many "Institute" and oth er concern for "crippled ana ais- altled soldiers" and the like, have sprung up and have been vigorously press-agented over tho country, but they actually have nothing whatever to do with this work. Tho govern ment desire It understood that It Is not a private .charity or philan thropy, nor I It In any sone a char ity for disabled men to take this training. The government's position I that It is no more than- Justice to them to restore them Insofar as Is humanly possible to the position of Independence from which they were call to serve their nation, and In which service they have nffered Im palrmenU, and for this It has appro priated large sum and furnished adequato machinery to do. Till work Is solely In charge of the federal board for vocational ed ucation at Washington, designated by congress tor the task, and the board la more than pleaaed to re ceive Inquiries from those who are disabled, whether by disease, accl dent --or wound. '. .- . . - MIDDLE WEST TIED UP TIGHT BY BLIZZARD AUTHORS OP HILL ARK HU FFED UY ATTITUDE OP HEPHESEN TATIVES, AND WITHDRAW ROGUE FISH ; Bill SETTLED Kddy Springs Measure for Special Election So Voter Can UwB Ileferendum Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14 The atorm raging throughout the middle west. Increased la intensity, last, night Tho snow Is five feet deep In some nlaces and the wires are down In every direction. BIG SMITH-POWERS' : MILL CLOSES DOWN ' . ' With the departure of the' Smith mill receivers this morning It was announced that all camps 'of. the Smith-Powers company would close for a period of at least 80' 'days, probably laying off all men tonight, nra ilia Marahfield Kocord. Tho east sldo mill closes tonight. While long feared, the hay coun try has carnontly hoped tho lltlga tlon In which the company has been involved for sovoral years might be straightened out. Moro than 1,000 men are Idle. 'Denver, Colo., Feb. 14. A heavy sleet atorm accompanied by severe wind throughout western Kansas and Nebraska late last night practically Isolated the westorn part of the country today. All wire com munlcatlon with the east was saver ed early this morning when tele phone and telegraph wires went down "in western Kansas and Ne- braaka. - The storm. In Its severity struck in Nebraska, around Hastings and west of there, while In Kansas It seemed Uo spend Its fury around Ellis and Newton, Kas., wh,ore the Union Pa citio to Kansas City and the main line of the Santa Fe ran Into blizzard condition. v '' Train service Into Denver ,1s bolng maintained, . although no regular schedules on trains from the east can be carried out: All malls from the cast are delayed from one to three hours Into Denver, according to pontofftce authorities. nuii PLAN KNIFED BY THE HOUSE STRIKERS ARE EH BUTTE MINES FIRM COURSE' TAKEN BY POLICE AND SOLDIERS ELIMINATES FURTHER VIOLENCE ' MACHINISTS VOTE TO RETURN 10,000 Telephone Operators and 8,000 Electrical Worker Want . Recognition by Burleao FIRS BILL 261 Call for' Appropriation of 920,000 for Land and Drainage Inves tigations la State . Salem. Ore.. Feb. 14. Tho con- olldatlon program ia dead,, so far a this legislature Is concerned. The bills providing for the consolidation were withdrawn by their authors when It we apparent that the houe waa not In a mood to handle the program. - The Rogue River fishing bill war was settled In the house. The bill forbidding the use of any seine or gill net with mesh smaller than eight and a bait Incbe was passed, and It ia to do away with seining and place all gear operators on tho same baalst Senator Eddy, of. Douglas county. Introduced a bin providing for a special election and submitting to the neoDla all measures passed by tho present legislature, with referen dum clauses attached, and measures for eonatltutlonal amendments. No date for the election has been set. Tho senate passed tho anti-patent paving bill and three other .. road bills yesterday. " Butte, Mont., Feb. 14. The strike here has entered Its second week. Tbero has been no act of violence for 24 hours. '' . - The first detection in tho ranks of those who Joined or endorsed the strike occurred when the machin ists union voted to return to work. Eugene. Ore., Feb. 14. -Five hun dred thousand rainbow trout eggs are promised for the McKenzie hatchery this year. ROUMANIAN RIOTS . . ' ' REPORTED PAKE ' , ' - London, Feb.' 14 Reports of Jr tho rebellion in Roumanla have. 4 been current ; for ' nearly -, a t month, with varying details, but all have emanated . from 4- German or Austrian sources and tho notion is confirmed by 4 4 the Roumanian legation here 4 4 that it knows nothing of any 4 4 uch outbreaks .and attaches 4 4 no imoortance to yesterday's 4 4 Berlin reports. 4 vThe Roumanian legation says 4 4 Germaii and' Russian Bolshe- 4 4 vlsls have been working In 4 4 Roumanla trying to i bring 4 4 about anarchy. . .4 44e444444 San Francisco, Feb. 14. Three thousand electrical worker and 10,- 000 telephone - operators affiliated with the International brotherhood of electrical workers in California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada are taking a referendum vote on a strike tor recognition ot their organiza tions, by Postmaster General .Burle son, and for various wage increases, it Is announced here. The vote will be canvassed February 21. WAR COST IS 9103,000,000,000 Washington, Feb. 14. The total tost ot the war. to all belligerents, including the central powers. - .waa placed at $193,000,000.e0- by Sec retary Baker In an address here at the American woman's "victory din ner." - This estimate, the secretary said, waa based on figures just compiled by tho war college.- GERMANS PROMISE - VV 4 . ' MANY REFORMS 4, ; : 4 Copenhagen, Fe6. 14. Tho 4 program of the new German 4 government which haa Just 4 been published at Berlin, In- 4 4' dudes equal rights for men and 4 4 women;, Improvement ot tho 4 educational system, conccIp-4 4 tton along, democratic lines to 4 establish a people's army, ra 4 tlonlng at maximum prices ot 4 food and the necessaries of life, 4 and care of wounded and the 4 families of those killed during 4 the socialisation of all Indus 4 tries ripe for such treatment, 4 particularly the coal and "Iron 4 mines, and 'considerable addl 4 tlons to Income taxes. . --444-4 444444 UNNATURALIZED FOREIGNERS MENACE TP INSTITUTIONS OF UNITED STATES EHATOR SMITH Senator J. C. Smith has Written to the Courier, stating that ho is re ceiving many letters and signed pe titions frpm the taxpayers and voters of Josephine coiinyt, asking his sup port in securing the passage ot House Bill No. 2(7, by Mr. Gallag her. The bill calls for an appropria tion ot $20,000 for land and drain- ago investigations of tho state ot Oregon, and reads, in part, a follow: That there shall be and there is hereby appropriated out of the gen eral funda of the state of Oregon, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars $10,000.00) annually for the years 1919 and 1920, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of soli, irrigation and drainage investigations, (including soil surveys, fertility trials, feasi bility, agricultural surveys and pro posed irrigation or drainage pro jects, and Irrigation and drainage in vestigations including economic use ot Irrigation water), to aid in the most profitable development of the soil and water resources of the state. "That the Investigation hereto provided for shall be under the man agement and control of the board ot regents ot the Oregon State Agricul tural college." Senator Smith states that be Is most heartily -in favor of the bill and will use his utmost Influence to have it given favorable considera tion. .' ; , - . EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AS READ BY PRESIDENT WILL CONSIST OF FIVE NATIONS Bernttorff Oat of Game Germany to Carry Oat Complete Demobiliza tion of Troops WEST COAST TO HAVE GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF MANY TROOPS HAVE KM HARKED Washington, Feb. 14.-From the signing ot the armistice to February 8, 287,332 American troops In .France and Great, Britain had em - barked for the United States, while up to February 10 67,474 officers and 1,080,116 men had been de mobilized In this country. Total arrivals of overseas trr-ors up to February 7 were 215,749. "' Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 14. Elahty-one styles ot farm . tractors from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will be demonstrated at a big meeting ot the Pacific Northwest Tractor and Power Farming associa tion In this city April 23 to 25 Trac tor distributors of the leading cities have arranged to take part In the demonstration and preparations are being made for tho reception ot sev eral thousand " visitors farmers, dealers -and visitors from the four northwest states. 1 ': . ; Washington Feb. 14 "Presence In the United States of nearly 10,500, 000 unnaturalized aliens endangers American institutions in the opinion ot U. F. Crist, deputy commissioner of naturalization, who asserted that no other country In the world would permit such a condition to exist. As a remedy he urges every American citizen to aid In a general campaign of Americanization ot aliens.. "For years before the war," said Crist, "Immigration was of tremen dous volume. There are now 17,- 500,000 aliens In this country, yet barely 6,01)0,000 have become citi zens. Such a tremendous unasslml lated mass means danger, for among these millions comparatively tew have any knowledge of or Interest In American institutions. It Is our duty to convert this multitude with in our gates Into loyal American citizens. . The task Is tremendous; for every ten American citizens, ap proximately, there Is- one to bo brought Into the fold. - These Immt grants have been here for years, and United States." all permanent residents owe an al legiance to the United States, yet they .have not yet become ' citizens. By gathering together in large Indus trial centers they furnish a fertile ground for all sorts ot propaganda opposed to American Industrial, po litical and economic Institutions. "The war revealed that while the great majority of Germans. In thlB county were loyal, there were never theless too many . German aliens who felt only hatred tor" the coun try that has so generously received and cared for them. It is time now to act to prevent recurrence of this experience. "It is the duty ot the American citizen who loves America to seek out his friends and acquaintances of foreign birth and to prevail upon them It they wish to remain here, to become citizens. Those who do not .intend to seek citizenship . may have good reasons, but it Is extreme- San Francisco. Cal., Feb. 14. In the formation of aa eight club cir cuit this season, the Pacific eoast baseball league has brought to, frui tion a plan that has been consider ed, from time to time, for more than 20 years. Proponents of the eight Club .circuit have maintained that the six clubs heretofore included in the league did not represent a coast league. - - This, in view of the fact that five -ot the clubs San Francis co, Los Angeles, Oakland, Vernon and Sacramento all were California cities, while the sixth club. Salt Lake City, did not represent a coast state. With the admission of Portland Ore., and Seattle, Wash., all three Paciflo coast states now are repre sented and the Pacific Coast league Is a fact as well as a name. With the Injection of an interstate, or In tersectional, element in the contests it is believed by the officials of the league's that an added Interest will be taken by. .the ' pnblio in .the league's schedule. It, also Is expect ed that,, with . two - northwestern states represented in the league there will- be a revival of baseball Interest In that section of th coun try. . v, v WILSON L Mm HAND AT CONGRESS Paris, Feb. 14. The executive council of the proposed league ot nations as outlined In the covenant read by President Wilson, will con sist of representatives ot the United States, England, France, Italy and Japan, together with, representative ' of four other states. - Paris, Feb. 14. The covenant or constitution of the league of nations. read and explained by President Wil son, provides .among other things: : Meetings ot the council to be held at least annually. Invitation will be sent any power whose Interests are affected. The majority of the states repre sented shall decide all questions. ' Admission to the league will bo permitted by a two-thirds rote of the members and limited to fully self-governing countries . Including the dominions and colonies. ' The high contracting-parties shall undertake to- respect and preserve the territorial integrity, against ex ternal aggression of all members. ' National armaments must Je re duced to the lowest point coastslent with national safety.- -. The executive council shall. formu late plana for such reduction.. Weimar, Feb. 14. President Ebert told the foreign newspaper men that Count Bernstorff , will not attend tho peace conference as the . German delegate. ;. . i . . Germany will soon announce her - Intentions to carry out complete dis armament and demobilization ot her troops, and ' a commission compris ing the democrats and socialist par ties are now discussing tho details . ot the new government program. GRIPS THE BULBARS Sofia, Feb. 14. 'Bulgaria is in the throes of a political crisis which will require the greatest wisdom for its solution. She must liquidate the military and political disaster, and the bad effects of the personal re gime of King Ferdinand which ex tended through a period ot some 25 years. She must restore her stand ing with her alienated foreign friends, and "by , wise concessions and-reforms forestall the spread of extreme doctrines among ; a large and somewhat susceptible ' popula tion. Hearty cooperation ot all po ly doubtful whether they are reasons ( luteal . parties is evidence ot their that will mean any benefit to the ( earnestness to meet -the situation wisely. i; : "PUFFED BRICK" SHIP Oakland, Cal., Feb. 14. March 15th has been set as the date , for launching the. first "puffed brick" vessel' in the government's concrete shipbuilding program. It is sched uled to drop from the ways of the San Francisco Shipbuilding company on Government island in Oakland Inner harbor and officials ot the concern wno Duut tne "uaun- are . confident, in, view of present pro gress, that the launching will take place on time. - "Pouring" of two 7,500 ton r oil tankers began at the plant the first of this month. ThlB was made a gala event under the auspices of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce. It Is expected that the second vessel will leave the ways a day or two af ter the first launching. ' The local yard has Introduced sev eral Innovations In . concrete ship construction, chief of which Is tho use ot "puffed brick." This is made like ordinary brick of a peculiar clay containing a low percentage, of silica. When' subjected to Intense heat the bricks puff up like popcorn in a popper. The product looks much like coke and Is as light. The "puffed, brick" then are ground -up and mixed .with, cement. Thus, Instead or using . crushed rock as in ordinary concrete con struction, about 40 per cent Is said to be gained in the lightness of the ship's . walls, ... ... i - .