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(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. . '
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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,
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.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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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,
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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.
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