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t 1. , y "r 0 . . . .. ..." ' . .. , - , . ...... Y'.1--! J;!,1 "I . -- J. l flUAXTS PASH. JOHKl'HIXK OOC.VTT, ORKGOX, . THURSDAY, MARCH , 1910. WHOLE XCMBER 201 ITALY HMD BY AMERICA TO OFT BLOCADE is intmikkiiuim; with plank OK, ALLIES !t t iu Kriup: IIOLKIIEVIKI MOVEMENT V.I iH l",l , -unit t'lt.HIHI U, S, MAY STOP fOOD SUPPLY Fnuu-h awl Engllnli OutxiHikrn III CVIUHrih T lUUIniM for AUUiult AgalnNt Small Stall Washington, Mar. 0. Italy has been warned by tho American gov ernment that unions she puts an end to delays In the movements of relief supplies to newly established Jugo Slavlc and Czochn-Slovlc states, steps will be taken to cut off the flow of American foodstuffs to Italy. Tarts, Mar. 6 British and French delegates have boen bitterly out spoken In the suprome war council In their criticism of the food block ade the Italian government Is maln- talntng against Dalmantln, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. Those new democracies built from the old Austrian empire are rolled upon by the entente as protection against the Rolshevlkl wave and the food shortsge there has made the situation critical and stopped the American relief work. Italy Is entirely dependent upon the, United States for her ' food Maples, receiving credits to make purchases. 80 PER CENT OF DEATHS Toklo, Mar. 6. There were 10, 000,000 cases of Influenza in Japan In October, "November and December, according to the report of tho home department officials. This means that one In every seven of tho 'pop ulatlon haa been attacked. During the three months 0 per cent of all deaths were from lnfluenza-pneu tnonla. ToHNAno reaps toll IX AL.UUMA CITY Kutaula, Ala., Mar. 6. A tornado yesterday killed ' four persons and Injured many others. The storm also did damage estimated at many millions of dollars. BUMS' BRUTALITY Nlnh, Serbia, Mar. 6. Cumulative evidence has boon given the corre tipondunt of the Associated Pross by many Serbian mayors or prefects, of a studied attampl by Bulgarians dur Ing their occupation of Serbia, to ex terminate part of tho civilian popu lation. In the town of Bola Plunca the number who ell victims to Bulgai massacres Is placed by the chief of police ut. 300. At tho invitation o: this official, the correspondent visit ed .tho scene where many of thest niurdorg wero carried out. lie sa heaps oil human bones, sKulla mid fragments of clothing. No effort np pnrently had been made by BulKar; to give their victims burial and their bodies wore loft exposed to dogs am' wolves. .. , Among the Serbians killed her; wns a 70 yenr old monk. The Bnlgnrs posted , a spucln guard about this pluce of Blaughte which Is situated high up on Lemor hill, ,nnd forbade any Serbian tjoln? near It under penalty of death. PEOPLE FIB OVER WinnDG J PI. ARK SilOS !M DEPUTIES WE llmly of Janit U'ltliyi'onilm In LuM Away in MolcU!it Bt Kulcni) Wlirro Swire Arc IHvato- Salem, Ore., Mar. 6. The buly of James Wltbycoinbe , was , laid uwiiy tyiUy In o pimmoluuni at the City View cemetery. Service at the mausoleum wore private, although hundred attended the service at the church. Four officer of the cadet regiment of the OreKn Agricultural college erred as a body guard near the can- he t. The college military contingent arrived on a special train this after noon. Pooiile from all parts of the state arrived today for the funeral. IMHJO OPERATORS MAY Ql'IT PHO.VK WOKK Han Francisco, Mar. 6. A strike of 9,000 telephone operators and 3,000 linemen In California, Wash ington, Oregon and Nevada has been ordered by the executive com mittee of the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers In the event that Postmaster General Bur leson docs not speedily grant wage demands of the brotherhood, It was announced hore today by T. C! Rob- bins, personal representative of L, C. Crasser, vice-president of the or ganization. OBTAIN CARPENTER Captain Carpenter of H. M. 8. Vln dlctive Is In the United Statei He Is the captain of the proudest If not the moat prepossessing ship in the British navy It was the Vindictive that took the leading part In the most thrilling as-, aault of the war, the object of whloh was to bottle up the German subma rine and destroyer posts In Zeebrugge. IS F Towanda, Pa., Mar. 6. A search for ft 'missing meteor, conducted by the United States geological survey, has ended In the reservoir of the Towanda. Water company, Incident ally It h;i8 enabled the company to account for the sudden dtsappear ait'.o of ItsNlee crop on the night of January 22. , . On the nftornoon of the meteor's flight local officials visited the roBer volr and doclded to cut the eight inch crop of Ice the next morning. During th1vnKht the mqteor land ed In the reservoir. When workmen went to hh'FVDst the r Ice, It had dwindled to n scant three inches, duo, It Is, asserted,; 'to the heo,t pf the .meteor warming the water In the reservoir. Tho reservoir will be drained In an effortf6fltIFRe meteor. uluulmj un mil iiumLUii"ssJsiu;iirrr TAY UIPTiMQ WasbJngton. Conference. I HA I I U I 1 1 1 10 Declares Germans Must Rally Save Country From Bolshevisra-Botli Factions Lose Many in Street Fighting Spartacans Gain Recruits Berlin, Mar. 6. The military sit uation on the eastern front is paint ed in the blackest colors by General von lilndunburg., , lie declares that unless the population of . Germany rallies to the defense of their homes and families, It will be Impossible to ward off attacks by Bolshevik! hordes. Berlin, Mar. 6. Considerable ar tillery firing haa taken place in the vicinity of police headquarters, which Is now held by government forces. . The leader of the majority social ists told the Associated Press corre spondent that so far, the general strike Is a failure. Wherever the workmen balloted secretly the oppo sition to the strike was overwhelm' Ing. The employes of the telegraph companies, the postofflce, and big stores at Berlin resolved to protest against the general strike.. The rail way personnel announced that they will not participate. It is reported. Both the Spartacan and govern E TO Amsterdam, Jan. SO. Officers of the German army held an excited meeting in. Berlin recently and ex pressed great Indignation at the new war office regulation abolishing marks of rank, says the Vosslsche Zeltung. They strongly denounce the system of soldiers' councils and ad vocated' the employment of, the most drastic means in order to enforce the cancellation., of the new decree. ' Colonel Relnhardt, ' minister of war, attended '- the " meeting and pointed out the great difficulties at home and In the east. It was lm- if). . ""' !'!.' 'I TE!I! Archangel, Dec. 26, via Londan, Feb. 8. (Corespondence of the As sociated Press.) An interesting ln slght Into the views of a Russian leader on the troubles and falling of his own people Is given by President Nicholas B. Tchaikovsky ot the Northern Region In an article writ ten for the American Sentinel, the I newspaper for American soldiers, published at Archangel. Writing for the .members of the American expeditionary force, Prsl- dent Tchaikovsky said: "It is true that Russian culture Is very recent and lacks the brilliancy and -accomplishment that are so characteristic of the large Amerlan cities. It Is particularly noticeable that'what we borrow from abroad docs not easily adjust itself to our foundations. But, as if afraid to be left behind by our more" progressive neighbors, we have acquired this foreign superstructure without having first properly pre pared the foundation, "Tints we had brilliant - electric lighting. In our capitals long ago, whereaB the peasants In the villages have only recently ceased using wood splinters to light their huts. Our universities and scientists are well known throughout the world., while scarcely) 80 per cen of our. country folk! are able to read and write. "In our social and political life, one observes the Bame peculiarity. For more than BO years we lived under a rule of veritable slavery to .... to Defense of Homes to ment forces lost many killed In the fighting yesterday before the police headquarters In Alexander Plata. Fighting finally ended by negotia tions. Copenhagen, ,: Mar. , 6. Negotle tlons at Weimar resulted la the German government proposing that the soldiers' and workmen's coun cil be made an organized part of the governmental system nnder the new constitution, It Is reported. l uerim, Mar. s. a volunteer ma rine division and a portion of the republican militia, which have been supporting the ' - government, have gone over to the Spartacans. An at tempt by the Spartacans to storm ponce neaaquarters today was re pulsed. Vienna, Mar. 6. There have been bloody engagements between the Czech .soldiers and the citizens in German Bohemia. - possible, he said, to do- without the cooperation of officers.-. The- sol dlers' councils, he added, could not be abolished at present. . They were there and1, their existence was com prehenslble. .:.. .i; ..-i The meeting finally passed a reso lution demanding the Introduction of marks of rank. WILL DEFER CELEBRATION ' rNTIL ALL COME HOME Portland, Ore., Mar. 6. The re ception for the old Third, Oregon boys will probably be deferred for several months, or until they have all returned. The soldiers now at lamp Lwis want immediate dis charge rather than come for the celebration first. IS CONCEITEtt AMD WANTS BALANCE OF WORLD bureaucrats. Imperial gendarme and police,' being deprived ot the most elementary rights ot citizenship. But at the same time we used to hive all shades of political and socialistic doctrine, whose exponents sought an immediate answer to the social problems and the adoption of . ideal methods of distributing the wealth ot the country. , "In a word, we have been very anxious to absorb the latest Ideas of western civilization' without being at all sure that there was room for them In our own life. We have al ways been more concerned with the affairs of the wide world -than with the crying needs and faults of our own' nation. We, have actually learned to be Indifferent to our own national - Interests and ashamed to be patriotic. ' uniortunateiy, -some or our splendid natural gifts, our achieve ments In art, music and literature have given some of us the conceit that we have been called upon to teach other nations how to .solve their most difficult and complicated problems. Thus, It is said that Len tne, according to his own statement, undertook so daringly his danger ous experiment with our Russian af fairs not so much for onr own sake as to teach a lesson to all mankind. Leaving aside his other motives, It would be difficult to find a better personification of vanity and con celt." - Seattle, . .Wash., Mar. 6. The striking shipyard draughtsmen who walked out with other metal trades workers January 21, voted 47 to 4 to return to work. -The other anions are voting, but the results have not yet been announced. ... ,. It Is believed that the shipyards may open Monday at the former wage scale, pending the outcome of wage conferences at Washington. NEGRO TROOPS GET NEW TRIAL Washington, Mar. 6. In announc ing today that President Wilson had set aside - court-martial : sentences and ordered new trials la the cam of 19 negro soldiers tried, at Camp Grant, 111., In connection with . an attack upon a woman, Secretary Ba ker, said the Judge advocate general had fonnd nndne haste In trying the men on the eve of their, division's departure for France had .deprived the accused of fundamental rights. Eight of the men were sentenced to death, five sentenced to life lm prtsonment, one fonnd Insane and five acquitted. -: FORMER SECRET ART OP THE V ATT DIES Tampa, Fla., Mar. 6. Hilary - A: Herbert,, secretary of the navy dur ing Grorer Cleveland's second term as president, died here today at the age of 85 years GEW. VI: W.: HARTS Gen. William W. Harts, military aid to President Wilson at the White House until August last, when he join. ed the American forces at the front, has peen In full charge of arrange- ments -forthe arrival and visit of the president In France and of the mate rial arrangements for the stay of the American peace delegates. IDLENESS IN CITIES EMM ' London, Mar. 6.' Crime has been on the increase in England since. the signing of the armistice and in offi cial quarters, particularly Scotland Yard, it is attributed to a great ex' tent to soldiers on leave. It is the natural result of Idle hands, the of ficials say. , . ' "I am afraid there will be little abatement In the outbreak until de mobilization has been considerably advanced," he said. "If, in. the meantime, the military authorities could devise some scheme tor keep ing the men more in the country dis tricts and less in the cities, things might be better than they are. City lounging Invariably has a worse ef fect on man than country, idling." 'y.i-x syi.-.-v ..v, t ESTABLISH HEADQUARTERS AT i COCRTHOISE- AXI WILL KE-. MAIX THREE DAYS RETURNS ARE DUE ON MARCH 15 Adviae People to Have All Data To gether and Totalled So As to Expedite Matters For the purpose of assisting the people in making their income tax returns, O. V. Wlmberly, ot Rose- burg, and W. F. Hammer, ot Port land, deputy collectors of internal' revenue, or collectors ot income tax today established office at the eouo ty courthouse,, where they .will be found 'until Saturday evening next. . Due to the fact that they will be In Grants Pass three days only,' they ask that those wishing to make their returns have all data together aad, totalled lo as . to - facilitate .their. work. Income tax returns most be made by March 15. If yon are a married man and your Income-Is aa much a! $2,000 a ; year,' yon musti make returns,' re gardless of whether you, have chll-. dren which wm.excmpt-.yott.. from' any actual payment. You must make your return anyway.'- ' a The Income tax levy touches the-' pocketboolc of every: person In -i the . United , States of moderate! means, bnt is graduated so that each person pays according to their means. .The estimated revenue to be collected, is 16,000,000,000. ' RANCHER ARRESTED . Prlneville, Ore., Mar.. 6-Rehaldo Zenatta, an, Italian rancher,. is held by the, federal , authbrltles here, charged with threatening the life of President Wilson after the immigra tion authorities kept his wife from entering this country... MOST ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY ALIENS Washington, Mar. 6. Van. H. Manning, director ot the bureau ot mines, department ot the interior, informed congress today that the ed ucation of the non-English-speaking . foreign-born'-among . the miners by the so-cailed Americanization bill . should result In the saving from death each year ot nearly 1,000 ot these men and the saving from in Jury ot about 150,000. Teaching these men' how to read and write the English language would permit them to read the ordinary , precau tionary signs in the most dangerous mines and enable the men to under- , stand the suggestions tor safety giv en by the bosses, according to Mr. '. Manning. Mr. Manning blames the present high death and Injury rate In the mines to the presence of these for eigners from the non-English-speak ing races, a majority of whom are not even, able to read or write their ' own languages. He finds that the death and Injury rates among these men are twice as high as among the English-speaking miners and that their presence In the mines Is re sponsible for a higher accident rate : than would ordinarily exist among the English-speaking miners, . mak ing these men a menace to all of the miners. The statistics show that there are more than 620,000 foreign born men employed in the mines and that 75 -per cent of these, or 465,000, are from the non-English-speaking races, nearly all of them from countries where t,here Is no mining.