VOL.' IX., No. 117.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1I.
AVHOLE NUMBER 2618.
RUSS CANNOT
COMPREHEND
PEACE LEAGUE
HAVK FEIXING OK MTTKRNKHS
IIKTAI KK I'lOOI'LK INMOVKD
1IY THEIR MISKKV
l)r. Glnui, m Oewh, Bays Huiwlnn A1
liiTenco to Noii-liilfrforciM'a J
Tying Allien' Hands
Vladivostok, Mar. IS. "The Rus
sian nation follow with a harsh fuel
In it of bltterntws all tho efforts for
creating a league of nation." de
clares Dr. Vaclav Glraa. locul mom-
bor of the Cxoch national council.
"It comprehends with difficulty how
the alllod democracies can entertain
thli noble, but rather dlHtant idea,
and at tho unit time look quietly
on at what la transpiring In Rus
la," continued Dr. (lira.
-"Russia today I tn need of as
sistance. First of all ahe needs re
organization of her railroad. Never
theless any form of aid to Ttua
ala 1 Imaginable only In conjunction
with a military expedition which
would be able to guarantee -that the
. undertaking will not be destroyed
by pernicious rebellions and disor
ders which have become chronic
along the Siberian railway.
"In order, however, that auch mil
itary Intervention and economic as
NATION Of Mill HELPLtSS
sistance ehall iirceed, It la neces
aary to carry It out according to a
cli-arly defined plan, that I to ay,
V the. removal of the Bolshevik gov
rnment from Russia, tho reestab-
Ushment and maintenance of order
and peace throughout the country
up, to the time whnn It will be pos
sible for the Russian people to con
tltute for themsulve. freely and
without coercion, their d ml red form
of government. Such tilled Inter-
ventlon will be accepted- with exul
tation and with full confidence by
all- notwithstanding it even more
efficient Interfering with litternul
Russian affulra."
Adherence to the principle of noR
Interference with Ruaaian Internal
affaire, he said, prevented the allies
from supporting either tho Siberian
government or the government of
the Ufa directorate because of lack
of assurance that either constituted
a government having the confidence
of the nation. Similarly, he point
od out, neither or these governments,
even with the bent programs they
could devise, were able to win the
ronfldivnee of the nation because
' they lacked the support of the al
lies. The result I a deadlock and
a situation affording fertile eround
tor new revolutions calculated ' to
atrengthen 'boUhovlsra by driving
Into their ranks the wavering left-
socialism.
WOMEN GET JOBS HACK
Washington, Mar. 18. Women
street car conductors of the Cleve'
land Railway company, discharged
on 'March '1, must be restored to
orthelr work under the decision of the
war aabor board, made by W. H.
Taft and Mr. Manly. Sixty-four
women are effected.
OF OVER MILLION LEFT
Washington, Mar. 18. Latest re
ports made -public, here today revjnl
that 470,738 officers .and men of
the expeditionary forces 'had sailed
, for 'home up to March 18. Thin
.number represents 24 per cent of
the strength-of General Perahlng'i
forces on November 11, when' the
armistice was signed. Pershing
still has 1,478,680 men left In
( France.
A D TAKEN
LOT
RUPERTNOTFOUIID
'onvicU Who KcnHl From Gold
Hill Mine Plant Are TnUI.nl With
1'ntilUMitlnry Bloodhounds
Gold Hltl, Ore., Mar. 18. A pos-
no, couhUHiik of Jackson county au
thoring, rullroud police and stato
prison guard, with bloodhound
nd headed by Buck Phillip, head
keopor at tho penitentiary, are still
looking for "Hed" Rupert today.
Jack Hardy, who escaped from the
tate lime plant here at tho same
time, was captured lawt night.
It Is reported that . Rupert was
seen 20 mile north of here, but It
believed that be will be found in
the hills went of this city.. The pos
se Is boavlly armed..
IIOIMIKVIKH Tltl'I.XG FOR
FOOTHOLD IN' MKXIOO
Mexico City, Mar. 18. Twenty-
four police agents have been as
signed the tank of Investigating the
activities of various Bolshevik
agents who are reported to be plant-
ng the seed of radicalism in various
center of labor throughout Mexico.
Threo auspicious characters already
nave been arrested at Baitiuo, one in
Vera Crux, and another In' Merlda.
NKHVKD AH POHTOFFK'U
KMPIOYK FOR 82 YKAKH
Salt Lake City, Mar. 18. L. A.
Dllllngs, known to Salt Lake post-
office employe as "Unole Josh" is
considered to be the oldest employe
of the postal service. la the United
States. He has served Uncle Sam
for a period of 52 years and three
months on March 2. 1919. He has
served undor ten' different postmas
ters In Salt Lake and during his 52
years service has lost only two
weeks.
ARE PUSHING WORK
Anchorage, Alaska, Mar.. 18.
Driving of piles for the. government
railroad bridge across tho Talkcotna
river, 112 miles north of Anchorage,
has begun. Completion of the span'
way Is expected In May. The south
approach to the bridge wail consist
of 19 14-foot spans and be 268 feot
long. The main structure will have
four 121-foot Howe truss spans and
be 501 feet nine Inches long. The
north approach will have 109 14
foot spans and lie 1,432 feet long.
The entire spanway will total 2,200
feet 9 mchos In length. The high
est elevation of the bridge will be
372 feet above Anchorage datum.
Laying of steel on the railroad to
the south bank of the river was
completed In January.
.
TASTE OF HIGH WAGES
London, Mar. 18. Demobilization
Is returning wen servants to Eng
land In ever Increasing numbers anil
the wealthy householder has no dif
ficulty now In hiring a butler, foot
man, groom, chauffeur or page-boy.
The shortage of women servants,
however dally becomes more acute,
Unlike tho women, the men have no
objection to roturnlng to thoir old
Indoor domestic obs. The reason,
according to a west end employment
agoncy manager, Is that the male
Indoor servant Is chosen mainly for
decorative ipupposos the women do
the work.
Parlormaids ore now demanding
the salary of a trained typist. Some
are highly particular' about hours,
quality of food and conditions of
employment. One notified an agency
she would , work only from 9 to 5,
with time off for meals.
LEADERS OF FOUR GREAT
NATIONS COMPARE NOTES
All Bat Final Touches Given Peace Terms to be Pre
sented to Germany Helgoland to be Dismantled and
Kiel Ganal Opened to WorldShip Question Later
t'aris, Mar. 18 President Wilson,
Premiers Clomenceau, Orlando and
Lloyd George conferred today on se
curing accord between the great
powers on all phases of the peace
treaty and It early presentation to
the Germans.
The question of Including the
league of nations plan In the treaty
Is expected to be agreed unon.
Paris, Mar. 18. The fortifications
on the Island of Helgoland, Ger
many's formidable North Sea base,
must be dismantled, the supreme
WILL MAKE APPEAL
Portland, Ore., Mar. 18. Henry
Albers', attorneys are today prepar
ing for an appeal. Motion for a new
trial was denied yesterday before
the miller was sentenced to three
years at McNeil's Island and given
a, fine of 110,000.
R1VKH8IDK HAS AN
- OFFI CI Ab FLY CATCHKR
Riverside, Cal., Mar. 18. River
side has an official fly catoher. His
title appears on the pay roll as "san
ltary Inspector" but he Is In reality
the town fly catcher, end be Is busy
every year from early spring to late
autumn. '
However, the official fly catchor
does not operate with a large swat
ter as his sol tool of the trade,
He
has a large number of Wg flytraps,
owned by the city, which he places
about the streets, baited with sweet
liquids, cleans, and keeps In repair.
Laat year, he says, he caught a bll-
lion flies, but he admits that this.
figAre Is estimated and not a count.
IHC u
London; Fob. 20. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press.)
"The Jewish situation la Poland and
Lithuania la eo tragic that thou
sands are starving and tens of thou
sands clamoring for (permission to
Join their relatives In the United
States," oays a report just received
by the London bureau of the Zionist
organisation from Its special com
missioner, Israel Cohen. The ques
tion of reuniting families, the bu
reau announces,, has been presented
to the state department at Washing
ton. . , .'
At Lemberg, Mr. Cohen ays, he
made an inspection of the districts
damaged during the pogroms and
spoke with numerous victims as well '
as with Jewish representatives and
with Colonel Wade of the British'
mlselon to Poland.
' "There Is abundant circumstantial
evidence proving," his report con
tinues, "that the pogrom -was or
ganized by the local military author
ities who supplied machine guns,
hand grenades, automobiles and mo
tor lorries. There are ?wom pro
tocols of 500 cases in which officer
patrols took part and 2,000 cases in
which ordinary soldiers "took part.
The names are known ot 18 officers
and 72 soldiers who- were guilty of
participation in assaults end plun
der. , ' ' - '
TELLS3TRAGIC STORY OF PEHSEGUTIOM
QFJEWS.WHODREA
council has decided, and the Kiel
Canal-will be Internationalized and
made available for ships of all na
tions, on even terms.
The disposition - of the German
warships is not likely to be included
in the peace treaty. The American
delegates think Germany will be re
quired to surrenderstltle to the ships
and ultimate ownership be decided
later. The British delegates con
sented to refer to the supreme
council the question of future owner
ship of the German cables to Amer
ica,
MILLS' DEATH PROVES
MYSTERY TO OFFICERS
Portland, Mar. 18. The authori
ties are trying to solve the mystery
In connection with the death of Al
fred Mills, aged 40 years, who was
found with a bullet hole through his
head In a lonely aback one mile from
Ll'nnemaa Junction, on the outskirts
of this city. No weapon was found
near the body, but Mills had a hun
dred dollars In his pockets. He bad
been In the asylum at Salem for
some time. '
"SQUARE HEADS" TO HE IN
PARIS BY 1023 KTEHLMANN
Paris, Mar. 18. The German em
pire will be rehabilitated more rap
Idly than most people think, Dr.
Richard Von Kuehlmann, former
German foreign minister, declares In
a letter quoted by the Echo de Paris.
j According to the letter, von Kuehl-
mann aaya that the former ruling
classes of Germany are still hopeful
of retaining power..
Under favorable conditions, Yon
Kuehlmann is quoted as saying, the
Germans will be in Paris before!
! 1925. . '
"The Polish military command at
Lemberg is making desperate efforts
to obtain evidence of Jewish at
tacks on Polish soldiers as a justi
fication tor the pogrom. Members
ot the Jewish militia previously re
leased for lack of any real charge
were re-arrested and are still Im
prisoned by the order ot the military
commanded, despite the decision ot
the examining judge that they
should be liberated."
Damage done to personal proper
ty during the pogrom la estimated
at 100.000,000 crowns. This does
not include, however, the loss sus
tained by the destruction of syna-
gogues. The Jewish relief commit-
tee In Lemberg had expended, up to
the time of Mr. Cohen's report,
1,300,000 crowns on 'feeding, cloth
ing and lodging 5,000 families'.
"After my return from Lemberg,"
Mr. Cohen narrates. "I visited Ca-
wlecim where a tew days ago a band
of rowdies attacked the Jews during
worship In several houses ot prayer.
They broke the windows, tore up
the books and also committed con
siderable damage In the' Jewish cem
etery, overturning and smashing
tombstones. The Jews at Cawlecim
pay 65,000 crown monthly -tor the
upkeep of the militia.
HOFUNITEDSTATES
BAPTISTS' DIE '
FOR SIX IJIILII
cven Hundred Minister, Retired or
Disabled, Are in Need of Im
tnodlote Aw-istance
Portland, Mar. 18. Seven hun
Baptist ministers, either retired vet
erans or disabled and Incapacitated,
are In dire need today, according to
the report of the northern Baptist
convention. The report says: "The
percentage is no larger than among
other denominations, although our
ministers outnumber those of any
other body." It la to help remedy
this condition, that the northern
Baptist convention is putting on Its
victory campaign movement to raise
$6,000,000 by March 30th of this
year. About $869,000 ot this total
Is to be turned over to the ministers
and missionaries benefit board to
provide for the earthly needs of
these old soldiers of the cross.
The Baptists do not intend to lm
mediately spend this money, but
will add it to a relief fund known
as the Morehouse Memorial Million
fund, which baa now grown to a mil
lion and a half dollars. The Metho
dists already have a, .fund for this
purpose of $12,000,000, th,e Episco
palians $8,500,000 and the Presby
terians $7,500,000..
One prominent laymember of the
Baptist church haa 'promised to give
$200,000 toward this fund, provided
the rest of the church will pledge
Itself for $500,000 by March 31. If
the Baptist laity falls to raise this
much in pledges the denomination
will lose the large cash gift.
Harley K. Ballgren, state director
of the victory campaign, has Just re
ceived the following - urgent tele
gram from New York: "It now de
velops that the announced pledge ot
$200,000 for the minister's benefit
fund is conditioned upon onr obtain
ing an additional $500,000 In c
ceptable pledges before March 31.
Doners may pay one-third this year,
oneJthlrd next year and onethlrd fn
1921. AU will be counted in the
$6,000,000 victory campaign fund.
Cannot Oregon In this emergency
secure $10,000 of its allotment de
signated for tIs purpose? We are
counting on your state saving the
day." Signed, P. W. Myer, national
chairman. Fred P.. Haggard, . na
tional director. .
TO
STOP SALE OF BEER
Washington, Mar. 18. Whether
the Internal revenue bureau has the
authority to enforce the rule against
the sale of heer containing one-half
ot one per cent or more alcohol, will
be put to the department ot jus
tice. Internal Revenue Commission
er Roper has been asked for on opin
ion. '
EASTERN STRIKERS
HITTING SWIFT PACE
Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 18. When
the police were trying to -break up
a parade of textile ' workers here
today, shots were fired from a tene
ment; house, officers were stoned,
and persons in the crowd were club
bed. Many arrests were made. It
was the most violent disturbance
since the strike began six weeks ago.
RIOTS IN EGYPT
RESCLT IN DEATHS
London, Mar. 18. In the recenl
rioting in Carlo, Egypt, which is be
lieved to have been caused by na
tionalist agitation, six' people were
kllled and 31 wounded. At Tanta
onthe-Nile, 11 people were killed
and 51 wounded. Troops are able
to cope with the situation and order
has been restored. -
mm m
ENDORSED BY
THE SOLDIERS
QUESTIONNAIRES SENT tO 1,380
MEN TO OBTAIN OPINION OF
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
ff FITTED Bll fflli LIFE
Says MsripUne and Existing Rela
tionship Between Officers and
Men Are Necessary
Washington, Mar. 17. Over
whelming indorsement of a universal
military training system, ' coupled
with equally strong support of the
existing disciplinary relationship
between officers and men ot the
army was expressed by a representa
tive group of selective service men
of the 12th division, Camp Devens,
Mass.,- just before 'the organization
was demobilized last January.
Tne opinions of 1,380 men, with '
an average length of service of 10.7
montha were -obtained through . a
carefully arranged questionnaire
system, with every safeguard pro
vided to insure absolutely free ex
pression of opinion and with such
distribution in the division as to
make the answers representative.
The report on the inquiry was
made public today, at the war depart
ment. It Is headed: '
"Our military system as it ap
peared "To. Americi's citlien" "sol
diers." Although half of the men ques
tioned were rated as dissatisfied
with military life, the report shows
that 89.6 per cent of the Tepllea ex
pressed the soldier's belief that he
personally had been benefitted by
his army life, 79 per cent were glad
ot their training aside from feelings
ot patriotism and 88 per cent fa
vored universal military training as
a national policy. A substantial ma
jority agreed that the existing rela- ;
tlonship between officers -and men
was necessary and disapproved the
social mixing of the rank and file.
BISHOP BASHFORD DIES
Los Angeles, Mar. 18. 'Bishop
James W. Bashtord, of this , city.
prominent for many years In the
Methodist Episcopal church, died to
day after a long illness.
EXTRA SESSION WILL
BE
Washington, Mar. 18. An extra
session ot congress before June 1 Is
considered a certainty by govern
ment officials and some members of
congress.' Some of the cabinet offi
cials expect it to begin sometime
during May.
ALEXANDER, GREAT PITCHER,
SENT HOME BY PERSHING
Chicago, 111., Mar. 18. General
Pershing has cabled the president ot
the. Chicago Nationals that Alexan
der has left France for his home.
E
E
saiem, ure., .iar. is. uuvefuur
Oloott .has appointed Dr. Floyd B.
Dayton of Portland, a member of
the Btate -board of optometry, suc
ceeding Dr. W. J. Curtis, ot Corval
11s. It Is announced that the gover-
- lnor would reappoint W. M. Pearce
of La Grande a member ot the board
when his term expires.- Both ap
pointments are effective June 1. un
der the law ot the last legislature.