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FRIDAY, FEBKVARY 21, 1819.
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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
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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. ; .. ''
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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
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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
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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.