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9 tnlver.UyotOre,U voi,. IXm n. i '-'. (J HA NTH I'AHH, JOSEPHINE COUNT. OKKOON, FKIDAV, MARCH 21, WHOLE XIMI5EB 2621. BOOST on PRODUCTS IS NEW SLOGAN Miis. ii:n kly. i ii:li worker Wlt ASWM I Ti;i IXItl HlitlKH OF OltlXiOX, IN CITV ASK HOUSEWIVES FOR SUPPORT Home liiiliitHin Itmhuii HlnrU ttom HilK With Nliunu, "Try run Md Product Kiroi" Mm. Hon Kljr. field worker for the Associated IndiiHlrle of Oregon, I" In tho Hty today. Her homo I In Portland. The sloKan of the. Homo IndiiHtrlim league of thn state lit "Try Oregon-Made Product Mint," and Mm. Kly In endeavoring to Inter est tho housewives, who nro tho real buyer, In rallying to (IiIh banner. In short, It menu patronize home In-' dtirtt rhn and help build up tho slate. A. 0. Clarke, mummer of tho Homo Industrie I,ukuc, selected Mr. Kly to talk to tho women over tho stat. and spread thin propaganda. Not only la Mm. Kly trying to not people, to buy Oregon manufactured product In preference to (ending money out of the eluto, but oho Im w I 111 ii k to do her utmost to hili any city or town secure anything that may help thalr community. She will attend the commercial club banquet at Medford this evening. Mra. Ely Id distributing carda to hnusewlvns, who are requested to sign them. The card I a little pledge and read: "Thnt I may help to mipport the Mr. Hon Kly ittn'to which supports me, I accept membership In the Homo Industry League, without cost to mo,, and agree to buy, whenever possible, home products, price and quality be ing equal. "I also agrco to Inquire for home products to Induce v.orekee; rs to handle such artloles. 1 will do this In a spirit of iNitrlotlHrn, to croate more work for more people and make this roKlon proHroua: "Because There Is now being aont out of Wie state annually mil lions of dollars for the purchase of enppHoe required by the ipeople, while nil such artloles nro bolng made at homa." T SHARE THE CABLES London, Mar. 21. Cable agencies say with extreme pleasure that the rights of the government depart ments to .priority ubo of the cable Is to be Immediately drastically re duced and government and non-gov-ernmont messages will be sienjt at al ternate half ihoura. Previously the government often erupted tho cable service for 20 to 24 hours. It Is also understood, that censorship will cease within a (month. . ' ! I '.fcaw, 1 r I 'T. IHkIi School lo llo llxneflttcd Where Km itoyw HIkii l'p for Military Training Salem, Oro., Mar. 21. Military equllimctit. Including uniform, will be furnished by tho Kovornment to military companies In tio lurxor til Kb IiooIk of tho, state, under the gov ernment' plan for military training km made known by J. A. Churchill, Htuto nitierliiU'ndont of public In struction. Colonel Howard, of the Culled Btulv army )m apprised Su perlntondcnt Churchill of the whn.el and n n outline la being furnlHhod to 'principal and city iierlntendtitii throughout the stale. The plan, where worked out, will supercede tho program provloualy mado by it he state department of ed ucnitlon under the legislative enact ment of 1917. In Oregon, by which I the state was supixtsed to furnish the equipment. Tho state was tin able to do this, however, locklnit equipment. The federal plan provides that any hi h school with 100 boy or more may make application for permission to offer military work. If author ized to offer tho work, an army of ficer will bo detailed to Rive the course. There is a possibility that the plan may be mndo lo cover schools whore not more than fiO boys ran be fur nished for military trailing and Col one! Howard lias advised that such district make their application so that they can he accommodated If such a ruling I made. El Hamburg. Mar. 21. Seamen at a mass meeting passed a resolution re fimlnir to oartlclnato in the delivery of German merchant shins demanded (by the entente, declaring It the tluty of all seamen and laborers to rof use to carry out work on these ships on the ir round that there has been no guaranteo that Germany will receive any food oxcet the Initial delivery, i .MORMON MIMMIU2CA1UKH AUK ItKLKASKI) I.Y VILLA TO FURNISH 1IT 1TTS mn. relved here to.lav fmm"e field marsnai writes rvishop A. B. Call of the Mormon set- imnnt t Cninnin nmrinn .tatinir :Hlshtp J. C. nontley. Head Mission- !ary James T. Whettdn and Albert TI- etjen. another Mormon, had boon re- leased by Francisco Villa's troop and hiA arrived at a loKiclna camn (10 miles south of Colon la Dubran and 185 miles bolow the border. FIGHT FANS EXPECT L OF San Francisco, Cal., Mar. 21. With the rwent cnament ot law permitting 25-round boxing matches In Nevada and 20-round bouts In Ida ho, followers of pugilism look for a revival of rlilg contests In tho west which will, In a measure, approxi mate the days when the sport flour ished here a half a dontn years ago It was In Reno that the Jeffertes- Johneon championship bout was fought in 1910 for a purse whloh, up to 'that tlmo, was the largest ever offered for a ring contest. Being on the dlroot line of transcontinental railroad itravol, and within hailing ,u at on nt Snn Franrfsco. Reno suf- foredbut little handicap In the mat- tnr f irAtttuir a crowd to witness the battle. . ' ' California Is limited by law to four round bouts. An effort is be- Ing made In the present Besslon of itihe lowlBlature to permit of 10-round contests. In the event thnit this Is approved It still must be voted on bj the people and sanctioned by them before lit can Become a law. TALANS T W I FROM PARLEY Determined to Have RumeGermans After Real Facts. Foch Says Unless We Retain Rhine as Frontier, We "Will Have Fought Great War in Yain" I'arlH, Mar. 21. Tho Italian delc- KUllon to the peace conference hus uanlmoutily decided to willidraw from the nonfnrnnce unless Fiume la )(,no(1 ,0 ,uly con(em,K,meou.ly with the conclusion of peace. Colonel Houao promised Premier Orlando to -present the project In a few day concerning; tho Italian-Juno-Slav frontier, which he hope will aatlfactorlly settle the dipute. The lUllun delegation's decision appar- nUy MnKK ft w1 the blMer trovorsy between Italy and the Jugo slav! over tho disposition of land L1(,n(? ,he Ajriatlr., Basel, Mar, 21. Berlin advices say tho president of the German ar mistice commission at Spa presented a nolo to the Inter-allied delegation. asking If Germany should consider VILLA FORCES BEATEN L! Juarez, Mex., Mar. 21. Govern- ment troops under General Zuazua routed Villa forces under Martin Lo- pez Wednesday 70 mites south of here, General Zuaxua rciwrted. Lo pez, Felipe Marlines and another fannoos Villa general, Ramon Vega, and forty of their followers were slain. "hinhy- kpkakh is pkkkxse OF IIIS MASTKK, "WILLIE" Berlin, Mar. 21. Aroused by re cent criticisms of former Emperor William regarding m iugp iroui Germany to Holland last fall. Field Marshal von HIndenburg Has pre pared and published here a defense of the ex-rulers action. Atter aepiei ing the situation as w exisiea in o hember' CaU"edJby, ttl8 the doubUul reliability of I the forces in tne iieia aou mo init out of the revolution at home 1I1K ipi i ' , "The peaceful return home of the emperor Tien became Impossible. It could only have been carried out through the forceful employment of loyal troops ana civu .r o...u nave oeen aoueu vo iu wlU tne enemy. "The emperor could have betaken himself to the fighting troops in or der to meet death at their head In a last attack upon the enemy, but the urmMlce so keenly desired by the people would thereby have been post' poned and the lives of many soldiers uselessly sacrificed. The emperor finally, In agreement with his ad- irtsers and after a severe mental struggle, decided to leave the eoun I. . 1 V. .nn thnt tin SW111 A J" ZS V 0rmany from luna-r. distress and misery and restore peace and order to her." ' "I WANT TO HELP THAT LITTLE GIRL'STORRS Seattlo, Wash., Mar. 21. The po lice today hold In custody Dudley M Storrs. automobile mechanic, for whose love Ruth Garrison confessod to having poisoned his' wife. No Charge ds placed against him. Stiorrs donled that, he knew ot the girl's Intention to kill his wife and said hs did not even know that they Intended to meet. He said Miss Gar rlson came to see (him in Oakano gan, but he,dld not ask hor to come "I want to help that little girl out of this," 'he told the police, mm TO as true statement in the Trench and llrltlnh press that tho peace treaty will bo ready for the Germans as soon as President Wilson approved but Germans will be allowed neither to discus nor modify the document. Paris, Mar. 21. General Foch stated today In an Interview that "the Rhine I our only good line of defense. I do not demand annex ation, but If we dd not secure that military frontier we will have fought in vain." He added that "It was wonderful, soldiers, who. gave us victory. My only merit Was In ha In? faith, never despairing. We signed the armistice despite the cer tainty of crushing Germany's armies, to avoid killing more men, and be cause It gave everything necessary to French victory." El ESCAPE TO OLD MEXICO Salem, Ore., Mar. 21. Warden Steven received word today that "Red" Ruper was seen boarding train at Gazelle, Cal., on Tuesday, after buying some clothes from fireman. It is believed that Rupert had pre-arranged - help in escaping. He will probably go to Mexico or South America to escape a federal charge lodged against him for theft of liberty bonds. Rupert could have gone before the parole board this month but did not, owing to the" federal charge impend ing. , Portland, Mar. , 21. The woman's liberty 'loan, committee at Portland has received the following telegram from national headquarters: "Treasury war loan organization has made 2.000.000 medals out of captuted Gorman, cannon for victory loan workers. Instruct all your county and city chairmen to send in their authorized lists of workers to you, then forward these lists to fed eral reserve chairman your district Federal reserve chairman will upon receipt of list and arrival ot medal shipments from faotorlee send coun ty and city chairmen number certi fied. Advise that you instruct your local chairmen to secure all possible publicity concerning medal awards. Instruct them also that every work er must be Hated in order to secure medal.", Mrs. Laura Thomas Gunnell chairman for Josephine county. 1 RUSSIANS 60 WTO Omsk, Siberia, Mar.' 21. Finding the necessities ot life for the people is one of the great problems ot the All-Russian government having Us headquarters here. Light Is one of the most urgent needs. Electricity exists spasmodically In less than halt the city. The burning of an electric venlent, in order to 'bring them here - j v. i u Ia'i. ij a M.t.1. a 1. ' power, plant caused a big section to depend entirely on petroleum, or kerosene, and candles. But the stock I of petroleum is almost exhausted and candles are becoming rare. XPL0S1VES USED Mm A D War Mtratca to Make Fertilizer. War Department Cancel Three Billion lit Contract Washington, Mar. 21. Settlement of claims Involving detailed Inven tories and reviews of accounts Is slowing tip cancellation of war con tracts, the war department announc ed today In a statement which show ed that of $2,941,000,000 in con tracts recommended for cancellation the actual closing out had reached a total of $185,132,068 on February 87. It was disclosed also that explo sives valued at $12,000,000 had been transferred from surplus stocks to the (interior department for. land clearing, road building and similar work; and that more than halt of the billion and a half pounds of sur plus sodium nitrate valued at '$7,- 000,000 would be disposed of for ag ricultural and commercial purposes. The remainder Is to be held for the present by the ordnance department. The nitrate surplus represents acquisitions since the beginning of the war. The department of agricul ture is to acquire from the army 284,000,000 pounds for use as ferti lizer, paying cost price, while the re maining surplus In the United States will be handled through the nitrate board and the American nitrate pool, The surplus in Chile, , representing about a third of the total, will be handled through the British pool at not less than cost price. AT PEAK OF POWER YEAR Washington, Mar. 21. One year ago today the German .army was at the peak of its power and poured down on the British at Picardy, in tent on winning an overwhelming victory before the Americans could arrive in France. Today , Germany doe not exist as a military power. ENGLAND MAKING PROGRESS IN BUILDING AIRSHIPS London, Mar. 21. After success' ful trials of hew British dirigibles of the rigid type of 'construction, the government, according to the Mail, has ordered the building ot two enor- mour airships. Each will be 800 feet in length and will have a capa city ot 3,000,000 cubic feet. They will be driven by six engines which will generate a total of 1,800 horse power and it is said will havie a lift' Ing power of 80 tons compared with 29 tons, the largest load can-led by any known to be In existence. VANCOUVER WILL HELP Vancouver. Wash.. Mar, 21. A novel method of increasing the city population by giving workers chance to own their own homes, has been Inaugurated here, in the farm of a Business Men's Building corpor ation, which will supply capital and opportunity to workmen for home building on virtually their own terms. Between. 1,000 and 2,000 homes are needed here, the business men believe, to care for the workers in shipyard plants and allied Industries. More than two thousand men come here daily to work, from homes in Portland, Ore., on special trains, lit Is estimated. . The business men ot Vancouver are seeking to have these men build their own homes, and pay for them in any manner- -most con- to live.. Available property, has been listed, lumber will' be 'purchas ed in carload lots and everything possible dope to make home-building Inexpensive, MA 1 El E E Bl'REAC OP CEXSl'S SAY8 DI VORCE WINS OUT EASILY WITH , SWINGING STRIDE , OHE COUPLE IN NINE SEPARATE Highest Divorce Rates Found la Oregon, Montana and Nevada. Desertion Principal Cause Washington, Mar. 21. About on marriage In every nine is terminated by divorce. The number ot marriages in proportion to the population has Increased since 1890, but the divorce rate has Increased much more rapid ly. The returns for 1916 show 1,050 marriages and 112 divorces per 100,000 population. ' There are some of the mort striking featares of a report on marriage and divorce, cov ering the calendar year 1116, which is soon to he issued toy Director Sam L. Rogers, of the bureau of the cen sus, department of commence. This report was compiled under the su pervision ot William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population. According to 'the rat urns, which covered 2,885 counties out of ft total ot 2,980 no data being available for the 95 missing counties the number of . divorces granted In 1116 was 112,036, or 112 per 100,000 popula tion, as against 84 la 1906, 73 in 1900, and 53 in 1890. Excluding South Carolina, in which state an laws permitting divorce were repealed In 1878. the lowest three divorce rates tn 1916 ar shown for the District ef Columbia, ... North, Carolina and New Tork--ix. . 31. .and. 3? per 100,000 population, , respectively; while the highest three rates are those for Nevada, Montana ' and Oregon-i-607, 323, and 2 5 5, re spectively, o The- divorce rates were higher in J? 1.6 than Jn-1906 tor all the states except eght Maine, West Virginia, South Carolina (in which there were no divorces In either year) , Alabama, "Mississippi. North ' Dakota, South Dakota and Colorado and the District of Columbia. In 31.1 per cent of the cases the di vorce was (granted to the . husband and in 68.9 per cent to the wife. The latter percentage comparles with 67.5 per cent for 1906 and 66.4 for 1896. v. - . ' ' The principal causes for divorce and the percentages contributed by them to the total -were; Desertion, 36.8 per cent; cruelty, 28.3 per cent; Infidelity, 11.5 per cent; neglect to provide, 4.7 per cent; drunkenness. S.4 per cent; combinations ot pre ceding causes, 8.6 per cent; all other causes, 6.7 per cent. Desertion was reported as the cause of 60 per cent . ot the divorces granted to the hus band and 80.8 per cent . ot those, granted to the wife. POLES ARE RECOGNIZED Brussels, Mar. 21. Belgium has recognized the Independence of Po land. PREDICT COAST LEAGUE TEAMSEVEND DIVORC RUN A GREAT RAC San Francisco, Cal., Mar. 21. With little more than two weeks be fore the beginning of the- Pacific coast league baseball season, all of the clubs are deeply engrossed at their resiieotlve training camps en deavoring to ' whip ' their playing combinations Into shape for the , opening day games on April 8. As is usual at this time of the year, all reports ot the relative strengths of the various teams is mere conjecture but baseball experts seem fairly united In expressing the belief that the teams are much on a par on their show of playing abll- ity thus far exhibited. t