Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, February 21, 1919, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACTS TWO GRANTS PASS DAILY OOURIER FRIDAY, I'KIUUAUY lil, 1010. BUR PASS -MM COURIER Published Daily "Except Sunday A. E. V00RHIES. Pub. and Propr. ntered at postoffice. Grants Pass, Or., aa aecond class mall matter. ADVERTISING ' RATES TManlaT iDitt. oer inch 16c Local-personal column, per line.. 10c Headers, per una . c DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year....6.00 Wt mail or carrier. Der month .50 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year 11.00 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS ; The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of fell news dispatches credited to It or 'all otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. -'AU rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein are also reserved. FRIDAY, FEBKVARY 21, 1819. ' -:; ; ORBGOWliEATHER 4- Fair In east, probably rain In west portion: moderate f southerly "winds. F&m'ous 14 I If FOH THEIR FIXE FLAVOR OCR Dried Apricots KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY T1RST It Is a part of the "system." Civil tans would like to know why 'he American military system should ever have grown harsher In Us treat ment of soldiers than that of France, England or Italy. And as the tacts become known, the whole nation Joins In a demand that this system be modified to accord with Ameri can ideas of justice. , , MILITARY JUSTICE The senate military affairs com mlttee has heard with amaxement the statements of Brigadier General An sell, acting Judge advocate gen- ,eral, concerning the punishments meted out to American soldiers by courts martial. The public Is' no less amaxed. "General Ansell tells of one soldier who was sentenced to dishonorable discharged and ten years' Imprison ment at hard labor for merely hav ing In his possession a pass to which he had no right. He tells of a re- ' erult, on kitchen duty less than a month' after his enlistment, sen tenced to 40 years' Imprisonment be cause he got fnto an altercation with a second lieutenant almost as in experienced as hlfflself and told the lieutenant to "go to hell" when the latter asked him for a packet of clg arets. He tells .of another' soldier condemned for 40 years' imprison ment for refusing to fall in for drill when ordered, though It appears that he was unable to do so, be cause he was 111 from exposure. An other soldier who left camp with out permission to see his dying fath er, and returned voluntarily the day after he died, was sentenced to death for desertion. These may be extreme , cases, though General Ansell says that they are not at all unusual. Sentences of death have seldom been carried out, because the president interferred. But the vast majority of cases are not subject to any sort of review. Generally the courts martial have a final Jurisdiction; and those courts are made up for the most part of officers having little or no knowledge of law. Moreover, in most cases the men do not seem to have been ade quately defended. Most of the offenses have been committed in this country, by sol diers of very little army experience, fresh from the freedom of civilian life and ignorant of military tradi tion. There seems to be no ques tion that large numbers of them have been condemned to punishment severe out of all proportion to their offenses. Almost every citizen will agree with General Ansell, when he says: "The courts martial are not jus tified in piling on these shocking penalties. I do not believe In sen fencing to death a new soldier who went to sleep guarding a pile of can vaa down in Texas, 3,000 miles away from the battle line, simply because we are at war." General Ansell protests not only - against the severity of long terms of - Imprisonment, but against the too liberal application pf "dishonorable discbarge," which disgraces a man for life. He asks congress for legis lation to modify the penalties or remand the cases for retrial when they jWem .to warrant It. .The evil, apparently, Is not .one of sudden growth, for which any parvi tlcular set of men are responsible, BATTLB-TORX RUSSIA The Courier editor was- asked to day what he thought pf the next drive" to raise money in the Unit ed States, and especially about the war and general conditions In Rus sia, but for the life of us we can throw little light on the subject. However, this is how the Russian situation looks to us: We have had liberty drives, thrift drives, victory drives and relief drives until our head Is in a swim. We have read of Bolsheviks, Reds, and Ukrainians who at Prxemsyl and Kiepjnepka did battle to please a Nihilist's whim. Red were the bat tles at Krasnovodszk, Kasllnski and Semlpalatinsk, while smoke rolled high from Petropaulovsk to Akmol- insk. Royal troops from Nijin Nov agarod and Ekaterinburg paused- for breakfast at Tobolsk, then battled fiercely on to Bakhtinsk and Turuk hansk. As battles waxed warmer, brave Yanks, (though numbers small) were by Wilson sent, against this human wall. Hurrah for the Yanks! They smashed Ire cakes and Bolsheviks as they pushed their way south from Archangel to Pus- tosensk. Serglopols and' Tomskltes assembled at Omsk, decided to stand and not retreat to Nitlmsk. Fur ther up north, from Turlshshkl to Xordenskjold,' people lived safe be cause of the cold; while over at .Ver kholansk, Kalymsk and Ghljlhar, people did not know Russia was at war. FERRYDALE Mrs. Will Anderson and two little sons are visiting on Deer creek. , Mrs. M. A. Griffin returned ' to her home at Grants Pass after visit ing her sons In this vicinity. Jim Rusk was at Grants Pass on Wednesday attending to business. Miss Cora Letteken closed school in the Griffin district Wednesday until Monday on account of her grandfather's death. Mrs. Minnie Hussey came out from Grants Pass Monday.' Clarence Ford is spending a few days at Grants Pass. Miss Queen Every is visiting .with friends at Grants Pass this week. E. C. Neely was at the Pass Tues day after a load pf super-phosphate. A. I. Hussey delivered some more hogs and beef cattle at Grants Pass Friday to be shipped to the Portland market. Percy Green was a visitor at E. C. Neely's Sunday. FRUITDALE MableandValtor Potts, of Now Hope, wore overnight guests of the Williams family Saturday. '. i Trie regular monthly meeting of the grange was hold last Saturday and the officers tor the coining year were initiated. Miss Ruth Corbett was with us and outlined the work she and the county agent Intond carrying out this year. Glenn-Hamilton spont Wednes day evening at the Edgerton home In Grants Pass, practicing with the high school orchestra. J. L. Stanbrbugh is over . from Williams creek this week pruning his grapes with the assistance of F. G. "Roper. , . L. C. WllllaWs and family motor ed over from .Kerby Saturday and spent the night and Snnday with his brother, William Williams, and fam ily. The Misses Calhoun, Bocock and Cramer, of Grants Pass wore In Fruitdale Saturday afternoon and called on J. H. Harris and Mrs. O. A. Hamilton. ' Preston Bylngton. son of F. F. Bytngton Is at Camp Williams, near Dijon In France, where 25,000 Am erican boys are stationed. He Is or derly for SS Red Cross nurses, most ly eastern and southern girls, and two officers. They have 600 pa tients in the hospital. Camp Wil liams Is a large supply station and boasts the largest bakery In the world having a capacity of 3,000,000 loaves a day. Margaret Rathbone spent the week end with Helen Fitleld In Grants Pass. Work fi' . $ I' VO A4T.TIXKXK WM.IUNd f'V'' .j ' Itn Moi-loa rrrliaritiHl, niUrMl, IxMiulit nml ixilil. i - : AU Kln.U of Mmlilno Work AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED AT RERUN Following Directions. Nell "The doctor told her her life was too sedentary; that ahe required more excitement." Belle "What did she doT' Nell "Become engaged to three fellows at once." London, Feb. 21. American troops have arrived in Berlin and are living In various hotels, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen, quoting the Ex trabladet'a Berlin correspondent. The troops are from the 113th Xe,w York regiment, and their duty will be the protection of expected trans ports of food. You Can BANK on Our DELIVERY - of Meat The people who say that suffrage was. beaten in the senate by only one vote are wrong. It was beaten by every vote which "was cast against it. But those few futile obstruc tionists against a great and coming reform may be classed with the little wife whose husband let her beat him because it amused her and didn't hurt him. No one should ever be discouraged there are always tho movies to fall back on. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett has now signed up with tint film hounds. But If they want b genuine screamer, let them sign up Kaiser Bill. The next war In the "air" will be at Washington and the object at tacked will be the peace league. f AT THE MOVIES 4 Mifls Clayton Beautiful Ethel Clayton will appear In her first Paramount picture, "The Girl Who Came Back," at the Joy theatre tonight and Saturday. Miss Clay ton is beautiful, a blond with red gold hair and blue eyes. The pro duction In which she makes her Paramount debut is an adaption of "Leah Klcschna," the story of a girl thief. The .emotional part afforded Miss Clayton is said to fit her tal ents admirably. That Ethel Clayton Is a decided acquisition to the Paramount' forces is admitted by all who know her sterling worth and her artistry In motion pictures. Washington, Feb. 21. War de partment official were unable to identify the American troops report ed to have arrived in Berlin. There Is no "113th New York regiment" in the array. It was. suggested that the unit might be the 113th Infan try. ; .. '' iai luur wayv 4 I 4 rri j f n THE HOMELY HEALTHFUL BRAN IN never will be The dinner late. Our tteaks, chop; fish and poultry are the finest -grades in town. The Temple Market Mailing Rapid Progress D Carl Gentner Phono 19 We have just installed a most complete anil modern Vulcanizing Plant ana are now prepared to te care of all kinds of work on all slsee of Urea. If yon live In town .call at our sliop with your rnelaga, It not sand tliem In to for innperUon. After wamlnbm them If We find tbo tire la worth repairing will save you money the work -will be un conditionally guaranUwd to out limt the ronmluilcr ul the caning. Auto Service Company riione ftH-i fto.1 South With Street AT THE Ford Garage KACINH P E X X8 Y L V A N I A cooniucil W1KEGRIP .FlttKSTOXE A XI) conns VNITKD STATES FEDERAL FISK I.KE IIOYAL CORDS Vulcanizing Gates HalfSoles v. ALL GUARANTEED The Wardrobe Cleaners We have equipment to give you first-class cleaning and pressing TIUs Is a picture of ou preying machine We Call For and Deliver Five Year ;Farm Loan at Interest After five years you can pay any part of your loan and It can run 34 years before all is. paid off If you wish.' You can pay off the .loan by paying $65.00 per year on e"ch $1,000.00 borrowed and it is all paid off In 344 yea;s! . Sam H. Raker, Socretary-Treasnror of Josephine County .Farm Loan Association ine County Bank grants Pass, ore.