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wTlt otoio. I,!,rr VOL. IX., No. III. GRANTS PABfl, JOSEPHINE COCXTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1010. WHOLE NUMBER 2015. WOT AMERICA Ml IS SAVE FOOD TO HELP RUSSIA XK)I tXMMIHHION HAYS IlllKAD- HTrKra uiikatly nkkdkd IN ikATTUI-TOHN REGION 1U CASUALTIES LIGHT lUsla' GwuTal Huff ut Moooow A" x-rt They Will IUmuIi Anluuitfol H) Flrt of May Archangel, Mar- 14. Information aocured by the allied food commls luo on Norlh Russia Indicate! thut the American people mutt deprive 'themselves of breadstuff until' the Iluiilan question li settled and the country again on a tound agricul tural basis. Arcbangol, Mar. 14. Compared with the enomy's casualties, thoaa of the alllea have bean extremely light Inee February 28. The eatlmated Dolthevlkl loai la 500 killed. The American eaaualtlei from February St to March 9 were lit killed, one mining and 30 wounded. London, Mar. 14. A Ilelslngfors dispatch says the Bolshevik general staff at Moscow claims that the Bol shevik' army occupied territory the alts of France during January and February and will reach Archangel ty May 1. "ENGLISH LINE UP FOR "BLACK DIAMONDS" London. Feb. 18. (Correspond ence ot the Associated Press) Coal queue,' the terror of the poor ot London, have again' made tholr ap pearance bflcailne of an acute short age In the coal supply, and thousands upon thousands of person have been daly atandlng In line In the hope of getting enough coal to keep some kind of fire going In their homes. A coal queue Is an Interesting Ight. Early In the morning the number of customer Appearing at ome distributing point exceeds the number being disposed ot by the coal merchant. 80 they line up, In the order of their arrival, and patiently await until they are supplied. They buy In small quantities for two reason some of them have little money to Invest In coal at the existing high prices, while the sec ond reason I the lnck of means to remove large quantities. Often per ambulator provide the vehicle but more often the purchaser tuck the "black diamonds" away In a basket and hurrle on Ills war. M ; paris mwim THE LATEST STYLES Paris, Mar. 14. Paris fashions this year will be "strikingly new and handsome," regardless ot the hlKh cost of living, and In the way of gowns the feminine world expects to see a reaction from the wartime simplicity, says the Excelsior, A "victory"! stylo In womon's gowns la expected to be much In vogue this spring and summer, -the paper adds, and evening gowns will be more elaborate ' than they have teen since the war. Qowns will be longor and more ornate, It Is reported, and brilliant colors, profusion of flowers, plenty of ribbons, frills and furbelows will he the rage. . There will be no pro nounced "military style." The year 1919, It is eald, will not see the birth of any distinctly new fashion as It Is pit a transition period. L E Hhafroth, lr. Portur airit Mining Kn- gliuxr Will Fvrm 'ommlwli to Supervise Work ' . ' - ,f Many Inquiries have been made ai to the manner In which claim should be filed tey, chrome operators under the recent mineral bill paused .by congress for reimbursement of los ses. A letter has Just been received by Frank C. Bramwull, 'cashier of the Grants Pass Hanking company, from Congressman Slnnott, In which he advises: 'Two' members of the commission mentioned have already boon nam ed. Senator Shafroth 'and Dr. Fos ter, formerly chairman of the house committee on mines. The third will probably be a mining engineer. "The committee purposes getting out questionnaires for claimants to Ign: but In the meantime anyone may present his In a letter to secre tary- of the Interior and so protect all bis rights and preclude exclusion under the time clause of the bill.' Mr. Dram well states that he has pending request with the Interior department for 'a supply of blank forms and departmental regulations, which will be sent him as soon as they are available for distribution. When the regulations have been pre pared further announcement of the procedure will he made through the Courier. RKATTI) -STRIKERS ' AGAIN QTITTIXO -f Seattle, Wash., Mar. 14. 4 Nearly a thousand ihlpwdrker who returned to work have 4 quit again because dissatisfied"- with the terms of reinstate- 4 ment.. The bonus system le 4 abolished, , and discriminations 4 are made, they charge. " 4 444444 4 4444 4 444 4 4 44 1HE FIGHTING PARSON Butte, Mont., March 14. Rev. Chas. Rexroad ot Butte and Rev. E. A. Blackman ot the 130th field r- tllery, fought a tan-round bout In the T. M. C. A. at Parts In February, according to word received here. Rev. Mr. Rexroad Is alrib an army chaplain. The contest Is said to have been a fast one. Rexroad (he scorns the prefix) was for eight years pastor ot a Meth odist Episcopal church here.- He was quiet, . unassuming, - powerfully built man and always was a promoter of athletics. While Rexroad never sparred In public here, he boxed In private and was known to be fast and clever. He was one ot the first Montanans to volunteer as a chap lain and was known In the trmy' as "The Fighting Parson." ROSEIIl'RG LIFXTKNANT . VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Rosoburg, Ore., Mar. 14 Lleuten ant Lenoir Ragsdale, formerly of the old Third Oregon, died In France ot pneumonia. His mother received word to .this effect. The leutenant suffered from a gas attack, was wounded by shrapnel, and later dec orated for bravery. He married 1 French girl last November. "FRITZTEB" DON'T THING THE ALLIES ARK ON THE SQUARE Berlfh, Mar. 14. Reports from Paris that the peace treaty will pro vide thnt Poland shall have Danzig and thnt a buffer stato shall be 'ormed' along the Rhine, have stirred the German press, both conservative and radical. . "It Is to be hoped there Is nobody In Germany who would suffer such a treaty to be signed," says the Tage blatt. " - The Lokal Anr.oiger' says that If Danxlg were given to the Poles they would get little enjoyment from It "The stolen property," It declares, "would hum their hands." , '. 111 6 ArJKS FOR Hi AMERICANS AT TIEN TSIN MIX WITH THE JAPS TIIOI'IILK STARTS IX JAPANESE DISTRICT Wli KRB 8 A LOONS ARB TH HIVING BITTER FEELING APPARENT little Men Reulne Americans Who Return 200 Strong and Blake -Mikado's People Scatter Peking, China, Mar. 14. The American marines have raided the Japanese concession at Tien Tsln, forcing tholr way Into the Japanese consulate and assaulting the consul. according to dispatches received here today. Trouble I said to have " been caused by rough treatment given to American soldier who became disor derly In the Japanese quarter. .The Japanese soldiers drove the Ameri can out of the quarter with fixed bayonets, wounding two seriously. The next day 200 angry marines. off duty, paraded through the Jap anese concession and attacked every Japanese encountered. It I alleged When they reached the consulate they forcibly entered and seriously Injured the consul. " The ' consular body I deliberating on measures to restore normal condition.4 ' - - Feeling; between the' Americans and Japanese la said to he running hlgh-ct Tian'Tsln... Waahlngton.'Mar. 14. Minister Relnsch, of Peking, has notified the state department of a clash between American troops and Japanese po licemen and some civilians t Tien Tsln, and has" sent his secretary there to Investigate. There was po mention of a raid on the consul. Officials . here would not discuss the matter, but said that If the Jap anese consulate was violated, - the guilty parties would eertatnly he punished and an apology made. The consulate Is located. In the saloon restaurant part Df 'the- elty. and brawl are not Infrequent. Salonlkl. Mar. 14. Turkish forces In Southern Asia Minor are ignoring the fact that the armistice has been signed. They are terrorizing the Greeks, It is reported here. It is urged that allied troops be sent against the young Turks. SQUARE DEAL FOR T - t . t H'.J- tn-W n v ' r rt . . uuuu, reu. . vopeciai corres- pbhdence) Seated In a chair In the LEGLESS ENGLISH OFFICER uouse or commons today, because he them to live comfortably. But every had lost both legs in action while man wanted something else. Millions fighting in France, Major Cohen, aiofmen had heen wounded, and now member from Liverpool delivered an they were back In civil life they want lihpasaloned address In which he ,ed snmnthin. tw h.. Pleaded tor honesty on the part of the government In dealing with dls- abled officer land men ot the army and navy. It wa the first debate on the pen- slon question which promises to be - come one of the mojt stirring feat urea ot the session. One speaker charged that preparing disabled men to meet the realities ot life had not been carried very far, because only 90 officers and less than 8,000 men ot the hundreds . ot thousands ot wounded had up to this time been given technical training. Another charged that the discharged man who was physically fit was In much bet ter situation than the sick, as tuber cular soldiers were .being charged $1.75 a week tor treatment in sanl torlums, although they bad already paid for this In their . natural in surance. ; These men would have (heir pen- 1 FORCES CLAIM OS SUPPRESSED 81'ARTACANS FIGHT ' STIUIJORN. LY IN EIXJK OF BERLIN AND LICHTENBERO - ; FOOD PROPOSALS GIVEN HUSS Gi-rnutua Mut Turn Over Tholr Ship and Securities, Rut I'rovUlons ' Are Kept Secret Basel, Mar. 14. The Berlin In surreciion may be considered sup pressed, Gustav Noske, minister ot defense, announced In the national assembly at Weimar. It Is reported that only one su burb remain to be cleared of the Spartacans.- The disarmament of the population, it Is said, must hastened.: be Brusels, Mar. 14. Decision ot the allies providing tor Germany turning over her merchant ehip and securities la return for food, has been' presented to the German dele gation. No discussion 'of the' terms I allowed. London, Mar. 14. Spartacan for ces still retain part of . the ... Berlin suonros ana Ldcntenberg .and are stubbornly resisting the government troops, a late dispatch says. V " . Paris, Mar. 14. President Wilson arrived here this afternoon. Brest, France, Mar. .14. The steamer George Washington with President Wilson 'on board entered the harbor of Brest at 7:45 o'clock last evening. The steamer anchored shortly af ter 8 o'clock and President and Mrs. Wilson hoarded a tug to go ashore at 8:20 o'clock. DISABLED SOLDIERS -. . . slons. wh ch Maior Cohen nald h hoped would be enough to enable ' the war and Its effects. They wanted something to dn nmBhm iw forward to. The totally disabled men, he concluded, were worthy something other than being observed 1 as Incurable During the debate it was brought out that an officer, leading his bat tery from the line, had been thrown from his horse and killed. The appli cation of his widow for a pension had been refused on the ground that he had not been killed in action. Total pensions and allowances granted to January 1 last was given as 1,780,000, and to these figures fresh awards numbering 15,000 to 20,000 were added weekly. The cur rent financial year will show a total pension expenditure approximating 1250,000,000 it wa stated, with some 42,000 soldiers still under treatment by the medical orps. PLEADS FORe RECRUITS WANTED FOR REGULAR ARMY Sergt. JJauer Will Open Recruiting Mtu'ion Here Men From 18 to 48 Years Eligible Colonel Bennett, of Portland, who ha . been visiting Southern Oregon for' the purpose of establishing a re cruiting station for the United States regular . army,' was in' Grants. Pass last evening, conferring with Ser geant Paul 1. Bauer, ot this elty. As a result of the colonel' visit. Grant Pass, upon strong recommen dation by Sergeant Bauer, !s to be made central auxiliary recruiting station for Southern Oregon. Only men for the regular army are want ed, but the age limits are now placed at 18 to 65 year. Sergeant Bauer states that, he will be in. charge of the station here and that he will occtrpy old headquar ters at 202 South Sixth street, and be ready to receive enlistment with in about tw,o weeks: - Enlistment will he taken for one and . three year periods, and It Is very probable that the reserve will be done away 1th. During hi two years' stay In this city as recruiting officer. Sergeant Bauer say over 90 per cent ot the men he enlisted here were a fine hunch of fellows and made a good showing. - He - has been In various branches of the regular army service for about 10 years and has exper ienced, some strenuous times, espe cially In the Philippines. , - ' ' Colonel Bennett returned to Port land this morning. SAYS ENGLAND WILL . , ' UtTLE THE LEAGVE f .... 4 Albuquerque, N. M., Mar. 14.- "It the present league of na- 4 Hons plan is adopted England will rule the league and I ob- Ject to American again becom- ' Ing a subsidiary country to the -f British Isle." declared Sen- f ator Fall today. " -f E ' London. Feb. 20. Speed was one ot the essential in laying the great North Sea mine barrage which was almost completed when the armis tice was signed. In doing 80 per cent of the work the United States force maintained their reputation for doing things in a hurry. The general average for the Amer ican -ships was 1130 mines every Lhour,' but a record ot 1440 mines an hoar. was made - when the United States vessels dropped and anchored 6520 of the death-dealing devices in three hours and 51 minutes. The ships traveled 56 miles In doing it The American ships laid all told 56,447 mines, and the 23 carriers, 10 planters' and two tugs were ready to go out again fully loaded when held up because of the certainty that the armistice was to be signed. The total cost was (48,275,000. The, effect ot the barrage has not been fully determined but a naval report Just issued here Indicates that Its benefits -were more moral than actual. It is known from German sources that submarine crews hesi tated to accept the North Sea risk after the barrage was started, It is definitely known . that . six submarines were seriously damaged while attempting to cross the bar rage and "It is possible several sub marines may have been unk"' says the report. The real effect of the barrage will not be known until fur ther evidence is obtained from Ger man sources. COWBOY CONVICTED OF ... KILLING RANCHER Baker, Ore., Mar. 14. Tom Ad ams, a cowboy, was sentenced here today to five to nine year for kill ing .George Holbrook, a rancher, last December. . , ' 1 , HIES PUTTING RAILROADS ON PEACE BASIS CONTRICTORS HOLDING ORDERS FOB $104,000,000 WORTH OF ROLLING STOCK ffi IN A BAD TANGLE Many Order to Be Cancelled Find Railroad Administration Help. Iea Without Congress Washington, March 14. A score of locomotive, car and accessory manufacturers are here conferring; with Director General Hine on plan for financing equipment already com pleted or contracted for. , Hlnes expects to straighten out existing difficultie with these com- panie as his first move. This must be done before a definite decision can be reached on a scheme to ob tain fund for running "the roada. The equipment builders here hflli contracts, including unpaid bills, to talling approximately 1300,000,000. Some of these conraot undoubted ly .m t. n-j .. nais, and other, will be revised: These contracts, it was exnlain.d were made under war conditions and " for war purposes. Peace time needs will be the basis for new calculations. The ear builder hold contracts for ' 1100.000,000 worth of freight and iiMTOjwmn. - rney were ordered . last summer by John Skalton Wil liams, who is .retiring a director of -' purchases. Only 26,000 of these have "been delivered. ' ' The car order have been a sub ject of constant differences. Some railroads have refused to accept or pay for oar allotted them. They hold to the argument that It was an expenditure 'of their capital fund which could well have been dispensed with. The railroad administration's stand was that In Its capacity of sup ervising traffic It was authorised to purchase all equipment needed. The car builders, In turn, eay they have hesitated orer what course to pursue. Some of them have gone on the assumption that the railroad ad ministration was a sufficient guar antee. They, therefore, bought full quantities of material for their con tract. The contractor also will be con sulted by Hlnes relative to their at titude toward the proposed warrant system of payment. They were un derstood to approve the plan since warrants' will provide new collateral and therefore new credit for them. Y.M.C.A. PLAN Washington!, D. C, March 14. Americanism illustrated in growing victory gardens is "the best antidote for CBolshevlk doctrine," according to the Toung Men' Christian Associa - . . 1 ... I- iain cam paign of "Americanism and the speaking of the English language via the victory garden." Details ot the campaign were completed here today by the National War Garden. Com-, mission, cooperating with the immi gration department of the Y. M. 0. A. ot Chicago. Plans also provide for the showing of the victory gar den work In.moving pictures through out the country. ' To start oft the campaign 10,000 garden and canning books have been sent to Chicago in addition to several thousand posters. The Young Men' ChrlBtlnn Association had 160 arces of Industrial garden last year and they hope to better that record thl year. These garden are 25x150 fottf In atxA.