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GRANTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TIIl'ltKDAY, MARCH SO, 1010.
WHOLE XOIBER 2630.
IN FACTIONS'
AGAIN DELAY
PEACE PLANS
BERLIN t'AIUNKT .VV1 GERMAN
HIGH COMMAND ARK IN OPEN
fXlXKLMT
AnirixIniKiiU tuiil (Imiiw Will lit'
Prcsfntod mii1 IVnc Terms Till
In lhflnit Form
PiirlH, Mur. 20. Negotiations be
tween the Intor-ttllNsI coininlHiifon
and Gorman representative at 1'ohoii
bat again bocn Interrupt!, It la un
derstood that tho (Ionium high com
mand In In oinn ronflli-t with tho
lli-rlln cohluet and will not respect
tho Polish cabinet.
Parli, Mar. 20. President Wilson
will bo chairman of the mi-oUng of
tho league of nations com in Ian I on to
be hold Saturday, when all thn pro
poned amendment nnd change will
be coiiHldnred nnd tho plan put Into
dnflnlto form.
Lord Robort Cod I and Attorney
Oennral Gregory are among thotio
seeking to draft a proviso relative to
the Monroe Doctrine In uch form a
to nioet the approval of the league
expert.
SAYS EACH QUESTION
Iondon, Mar. 20. The now bouse
of common I proving Itself one of
the most Inquisitive of recent year
Thla too, despite tho absence of tho
Irish. Member who in 'previous
year have filled tho question paper
with Inquiries.
Since the opening of, the parlia
ment the number of questions to
tnlnlHtor )ins averaged well over
200 and some day has reached
nearer a00. As only an hour Is al
lowed each day for the asking nnd
answering of questions only about a
hundred can be dealt with dally, tho
others being anaworod In writing.
This doe not satisfy tho curiosity of
the new members, who recently ask
ed that the time should bo extended
by nn hour and a quarter.
In refusing the request, Mr. Iionnr
Law, the government loader In the
house of commons said every ques
tion asked cost the country $!, chief
ly In printing, not counting the time
of the permanent staffs of the differ
ent departments, who have to collect
the data.
FREE LECTURE COURSE
III
Portland, Ore., Mar. 20. Employ
ers of labor throughout the North'
west are being, Invited to attend t
free course of lecturos on employ'
ment management, to be given undor
the auspices of the federal govern
tnont at Rood college In Portland,
April 1 to May 10. The course will
be given In only four Institutions In
tho United Stales at Harvard uni
versity, the Bureau of Municipal Re
search in Now York, the Northwest'
em University at Chicago, nnd nt
Heed college, Portland.
A number of Instructors, headed
by Professor Thomas Mitchell of the
University of Pennsylvania, will give
the course here. Dr. Mitchell was
for six years assistant professor of
economics at the University of Mln
nosota and 'In addition has hnd much
practical experience as an employ
ment manager. He has Just arrived
CANADA LABORERS
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t'nlouN Ui Sever Affiliation With
Amork'ati Federation Wnnt
rrntHnriat to IHcUta
Ottawa, Mar. 20. The labor un
ion' of Western Canada have voted
to Rover affiliations with the Ameri
can Federation of Iabor end to fol
low tho I. W. W. plan of organizing
by Industrie instead of by craft.
Two hundred und -forty delegates.
representing practically every A. K.
of L. union from Wevtoru Ontario to
Vancouver, voted unanimously to
unbuilt to a referendum of lliolr lo
cal union a scheme for reorganiz-
Ing undor the title of tho One Big
Union.
In drawing up the plan of reorgan
izutlon for the One Dig Union, the
delegate adopted a resolution com
nilulng them to tho Dolshevik pol
icy of the "dictatorship of the pro
letariat."
The conference voted for a refer
end urn to call a general strike on
June 1 tinltw tho Canadian govern
mont act favorably on tho demand
that free spooch be Immediately re
stored and all iollllcal prltioners re
loosed. A 30-tiour, five-day week by
June 1 I demanded. -
RtKHIANS WHY WHEAT
TO KAVH IT FltOM REDS
Omsk, Siberia, Mar. 20. When
the city of I'fa waa captured by the
Bolshevikl recently tho peasant In
the outlying district Immediately
burled or hid their entire stock of
wheat fearing that tho Rolshevlk
"eommlssarln" would oVze all the
grain and end It off to Moscow.
PORTLAND RAISING MOXKV
FOR LIVESTOCK KXinniT
Portland, Mar. 20. Over 152,500
wn rained here' at an Initial lunch
eons toward Portland's share for the
permanent ltvetock.expoltlon build
Ing.
Walla Walln. Waah.. Mar. 20.
In a short time It will be a question
of finding men for jobs, rather than
Jobs for men, K. C. Burllngame,
well-known rancher, told the Com
morclal club trustee recently. He
predicted a shortage of farm labor
In a few weeks. He and President
Falkenberg1 of the club were appoint
ed to work In conjunction with the
soldiers' roplncoment bureau to
make a survey of the situation as
to needed ranch help.
SOLDIER'S 1NSIHANCE
IS NOW CONVERTIBLE
Washington, Mar. 20. The last
k in i mm m
leml obstacle to the Issuance of
new insurance policy Into which sbl
dlers Insurance may be convorted
was removod here when Attorney
General Palmer gave an opinion that
the treasury might pay Insurance to
the estate of deceased persons
well as to specified beneficiaries
as
CHAMBERLAIN CALLS
Washington, Mar. . 20. Senator
Chamberlain nrode public today
letter to Secretary of War Baker,
charging Baker with being under the
lufluenco of reactionaries and op
posed to changes in the army court
martini system; with acting In bad
faith toward congress, and "with or
dertitg an Investigation which Sen
ator Chamberlain believes Is design
ed to destroy Lieutenant Colonel
Samuel T. Ansell, "who exposed the
Injustice of the present systom."
. Senator Chamberlain also accused
Secretary Baker with being "deal to
complaints" and 'fencing on the sub'
jest."
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GIRL POISONS
WOMAN TO WIN
HER BAND
KITH GARRISON KII.IX M Its.
Dl'DLKY 8TOIIRH AT SEATTLE
FOR LOVE OP MAN
ONFESSES, BUT APPEARS CALM
Storr ltoiiloa Intimacy Willi Girl
andjk-lieve III Wife Committed
Suicide, Fulfilling Threat
Seattle, Wash.. Mar. 20. Dudley
M. Stem, Okanogan, Washington,
automobile mechanic whose wife died
bore Tuesday after eating poisoned
fruit cocktail. Is expected to arrive
hertf today.
Mis Ruth Garrison yesterday con
fessed to having put poison in the
cocktail because Mrs. Storrs waa her
rival for Storrs' affections. Miss Gar
rison Is aged 18 years. She Is quite
calm and 1 only anxious to know
whether Storrs still loves her.
Mrs. Storrs, Coroner C. C. Tiffin,
aid yesterday, dted from poisoning.
'The poison apparently was taken
with a fruit salad," he said. When
Mr. Storrs kept a luncheon engage
ment with Mis Garrison at the store
lunoh room yesterday she found the
salad ready for her. Miss Garrison
had reached the lunchroom first and
ordered the meal.
Officer said Miss Garrison told
them she invited Mrs. Storrs to lunch
to ask her to divorce her husband,.
Wenatchee, Wash., Mar. 20. Dud
ley Storrs was here last night, en
route to Seattle. When he learned
of his wife's death he expressed
doubt as to Ruth Garrison's confes
sion, saying that if she made one it
was only to escape the tortures of
the third degree. Storrs said;
"I am satisfiod that my -wife took
her own life, fulfilling a threat she
had repeatedly made."
Storrs denied that Ruth Garrison
had spent any time on the Okano
gan with him. He registered' here
under an assumed name, but appear
ed calm.
Seattle, Wash., Mar. 20. Dudley
Storrs was not on the train on which
he was expected to arrive from We
natchee.
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London, Mar.. , 1, (Correspon
dence ot the Associated Press.)
The Turks are by no means con
vinced that they are vanquished, and.
show few signs ot regret that they
were the allies of the central powers,
according to a French correspondent
who has returned from Constantin
ople. The correspondent attributes
this failure on the part of the Turks
to realize their actual situation to
-the fact that the British and French
commanders in the Turkish capital
have not eted Uke conqudrors and
Imposed their authority on ' the
Turk.
HUf.11 TREATMENT OF
HEM THINK THEY WERE MOT BEATEN
The correspondent declares that' able lodged and receives the adher
ho was unable to convince tho load- eats of the old regime and, between
ing Turns or tne complete viptory ot
the allies and of the definitive crush
ing of the German military power,
and adds that this is due to the tact
that the allied troops did not, enter
Stamboul with flags flying, because
the allied officers did not install
themselves as masters In the differ
ent ministries, and because the mili
tary authorities did not take over all
the administrative offices and police
the olty. 1 ;
The committee of anion and pro
gress no longer exists, legally, says
HUNS THOUGH
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ALLIES FEARED
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PEOPLE REALIZE FOOD SHOUT
AUK, HIT RELIEVED ALLIES
WANTED TO COMPROMISE
TO THEM WAR ENDED IN A DRAW
Vtu t That German Imperial Armie
Were Ileaten to Their Kneca Slow
to Soak in ltoche Skull
Coblenz, Mar. 20. Articles In the
German press and speeches and In'
terviewa with German public men
since the armistice went Into effect
show that the German point of view
still is completely at variance with
the rest of the world, asserts one of
the political experts with the Ameri
can army of occupation.
In a recent article on the question
of German psychology, published In
the intelligence summary ot the
Third army, the political expert who
Is an officer ot high authority, says
"The German feels that, first and
foremost, his army waa not only un
beaten but bad all the military pres
tige ot the war. Then he knew that
there was Increasing scarcity ot vic
tuals at home and, feeling that the
allies were In mortal dread of new
drives by the German army hnd
would be only too. glad to compro
mise, proposed an armistice.
."(iermany expected all the world
to supply her gladly with all her
needs and, as a mark of good faith
and to encourage the allies, offered
to allow them to advance to the
Rhine. Now the Germans affected
wonder why Germany Is not com
pletely supplied by the allies' and
why the garrisons having bee a al
lowed to see the Rhine scenery do
not withdraw.
"Of course, the more Ignorant
classes might be expected to take this
attitude but when these Ideas ap
pear in addresses by Count von
Brockdorft-Rantzau, by Scheldemann
and by the crown prince the result
Is more than puzzling. All the peo
ple consider apparently, that the ar
mistice was an agreement for mutual
benefit and any idea that the war
was anything but a draw with the
prestige all on the German side has
not yet penetrated the German
mind.'
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the Frenchman, but its creatures
still occupy their posts in the mln
istries and in the police service
"They are very active and offer us a
very bitter and systematic opposi
tion,'' the continued. 'This frequent
ly takes the form ot spreading ru
mors ot ' disagreement between
France and England on the subject
of the Juture of Turkey. They as
sert that It would be to the advant
age of England and France to plac
ate Turkey nnd to leave Constantin
ople as the Turkish capital.
"On one of the Princes Islands
Prlnklpo the German marshal, von
Sanders Llman Poscha, Is comfort-
dessert and cheese they openly -plot
against us without tear ot disturb
ance. 'The Germans who knew the
Turks treated them as they should
be treated, 'With brutal force, and
that Is the only attitude which can
be adopted towards theni. We should
bring home to them the realization
that the allies are In reality the con
querors. We must act -with energy
and firmness, If we desire to retain
our predominant influence in 'Tur
key. . .
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DIES
URKS (I
RED CROSS WANTS
YOUR OLD CLOTHES
Campaign March 21 to 29 to Gather
Throe Tons for People Freed of
German Yoke
Three tons of used and surplus
clothing are wanted by the Red Cross
for the distressed and suffering peo
ple of Europe, outside the central
power.
This campaign will be on from
March 24th to March 29th, and you
are asked to collect garments of all
kinds tor all ages and both sexes,
piece goods, tickings, sheetings, blan
ket and -woolens, light canton flan
nels to make garments for new-born
babes, and shoes ot every size, but
please do not offer these afflicted
a miscellaneous lot of flimsy ma
terial. The clothing will be given
the hardest kind of wear and must
be strong and durable. The clothing
problem is the most serious yet faced
and an immediate supply Is absolute
ly vital to the health and the very
life of men, -women and children who
have been treed from the German
yoke.
Do no mending. There are thou
sands of women in Europe who will
be glad to have the opportunity to
earn a small but self-respecting wage
by making over the garments more
suited to their own country.
Clean out your closets. Put your
old clothes to work. Gather them up
Do It now. Eeet It In mind. Tell
your neighbor, and do not leave all
the burden on a few.
Mrs. Alice Mallory has been ap
pointed chairman of the committee
to do this and will select her com
mittee ot assistants. These people
villi be in charge of a central 'store
building tn Grants Pass., .This build-,
ing -will be open all week, commenc
ing March 24th. Bring your articles
there. . The store building is directly
across the street from Letcher's and
across the alley from the Panama
restaurant.
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Vladivostok, Mar. 20. 'Butte pro
duction in Siberia has nearly stop
ped, according to local newspapers,
owing to a government monopoly
which fixed a price lower than cost.
Most of the West-Siberian butter
producers turned to cheese making
in consequence. Peasants and cattle
owners are finding it unprofitable
to keep their herds and are selling
them.
The monopoly on butter introduc
ed by the Kerensky government and
perpetuated by the Bolshevik and
other governments since, has re
sulted In complete demoralization ot
cattle breeding. After the monopoly
became effective butter accumulated
In the hands of the authorities until
they were at a loss to know how to
dispose ot It. Great quantities were
used as machine lubricant.
WILL FLOAT BIG BOND
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Washington, Mar. 20. The war
finance corporation is considering
floating a large' bond Issue of' prob
ably $20d,000,000 within a few
weeks to 'provide funds for the rail
roads and to meet any other demands
on the corporation. The- interest
rate contemplated is 4 per cent.
YANKS SPENDING MONEY
ON tJERMAN GRAND OPERA
Coblenz, . Mar. 20. When the
army of occupation arrives in Cob
lenz in December a German grand
opera company was giving perform
ances nightly and the soldiers flock
ed to the theatre in great crowds.
Since that time, perhaps fifty per
cent or more of the company's busi
ness has been due to the fondness
of American soldiers for grand opera.
LETTS BEAT
RED FORCES ON
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POLES' JOIN IX BATTLE AXD CAP
TVRE PIXSK, FORCING BOL
SHEVIKS TO RETIRE
UKRAINE lH CONTROL OF REDS
Northeast of Odessa Bolsheviks Force
French Garrison, But Lose 8,000
Men in Offensive
Copenhagen, Mar.. 20. The im
portant railroad Junction town of
Mftau, southwest of Riga, has been
captured by Lettish troops, an official
statement says. The Bolshevikl are
retiring along the whole front.
Copenhagen, Mar. 20. Bolshevik
troops under pressure of the Polish
forces have been compelled to retire
and evacuate Pinsk,. 100 miles east
of Brest-Ldtovsk, a Warsaw dlspatcb
says.
Lop don. Mar, 20. Virtually all ot
Ukraine is now in the hands of the
Bolshevikl. It is reported. In fight
ing at Nlkolaier, northeast ot Odes
sa, the Bolshevikl lost between 5,000
and 8,000 men, bat forced the French
garrison after fierce fighting, to
withdraw to Odessa. '
JOBS IN LONDON MAY
RESULT IN SEX WAR
London,. Mar. 20. An economic
battle is being waged over the 1,500,
000 unemployed women of the coun
try who earned good wages chiefly
as munitions workers during the war.
Some English newspapers and com
mentators are asking IX a sex war is
one of the sinister possibilities of
the future. They point out that the
situation is more dangerous than
when the suffragettes were wont to'
smash windows and terrorize the
London police because the women did
not then know the full measure of
their power.
, Since the armistice was signed it
has become more and more apparent
that . these. 1,500,000 women work
ers would have to return to private
life bo. as to give opportunity,, of em
ployment for returning soldiers. But
they have not accepted the situation
with good grace, and have answered
the challenge of the economic condi
tion by strong organizations whose
avowed Intention Is to safeguard the -
, position ot woman in, industry.
The most important of these Is
Lady Rhondda'a newly inaugurated ,
-Woman's Industrial League which
has opened offices in London and
sent organizers Into all parts of the
country. Lady Rhondda's plans are
viewed with suspicion , and some
measure of distrust by professional
woman labor leaders.
Dr. Marlon Phillips, chief woman
officer of the labor party, asserts that
the agitation conducted , by Lady
Rhondda's league is calculated to
lead to bitterness and sex strife be
tween men and women workers.
SUM TIED UP IN WOOL
Washington, Mar. 20. The war
department announces that the gov
ernment has on hand, or has con
tracted for, 487,100,540 pounds of
wool remaining to be disposed of.
LONG BEACH HAS WIND STORM
Long Beach, Cat., Mar. 20. Last
night's wind did $10 damage. It
blew .off the false whiskers worn by
Ed. Wehn and H. Slosson, amateur
sleuths, and they were fined $5 each
for disturbing the peace.
WHOLE
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in Portland.
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