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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1919)
Ms otOCe.Ubrfy t CnlversU VOU PA W WEDNESDAY. JUN, 4, 8,1,. " lHlir liriniinrn I ll 1 1 n 1 ir-r- i nnr i i i ' 1 N Nt MtASUKtS "AVT Lll-h Ar'rtflLb I Wll Kll I Fli N FffANR FAIL TO BIG E I"ORTLAND RETORTS A XX MEAS URES BIT LIEUTENANT GOV ERNOR HAVE CARRIED LIGHT VOTE IK JQSEPKEKE County Ikcfnais All Meafcurcs K'ct Roosevelt Highway and Market Roads Tax Bill 4444444444 Portland. Ore.", June 4, 2:25 p. m. The big lead (or all re 4 eonitruotloo measures la (Mult- no man county U expocted to ae 4 lure their ikomi. The Roote 4 veil highway, market roada, 4 county Indobldeneas and sol- dlera' aid bills are fartharast In 4 the load. Bute-wide f If urea are 4 not yet available, 4444444 44 4 44 444 Portland, Ore., June 4. All tueaa urea la the eiteclal election, exrent the lieutenant governor amendment which la probably defeated, ictm to have carried over the state. The Roosevelt highway won by large margin, alNo the market roada tax and county debt increase (or roada. The irrigation bonds interval guarantee and aoldlera' education aid also probably carried. The lieuten ant governor meaiure li approxi mately 2.000 votea behind. Portland. Ore.: June 4.-Flures from4jMartou. Douglas and aome oth er co tint lea have cut down the lead ox the reconstruction measures, and It la impossible yet to determine If aay of the meaauree are defeated. In keoplng with many other aec tlona of the atate, yesterday's elec tion called out what was probably the lightest vote ever caat In Oregon. In Josephine county 1t la eatimated that not over one voter In five cast hla ballot. One reason for thla waa that In the city there ware a large number of people who appeared to take little internet In the reconstruc tion measures, -while farm work kept many country people away from the polls. Complete returns from 19 of the 25 precinct In Josephine county in dicate that the voters of this county nave aeieaiea an measures except tats bond irrigation guarantee and the Tloose velt highway. The com plete returns from these 19 precincts are. as follows: County 'bonding 326 yes; 389 no. Reconstruction hospital 288 yes; 397 no. Irrigation guarantee 404 yes; 28 Jii. Five million amendment '277 res, 416 no. lieutenant governor 261 yes; 126 no. Roosevelt highway 482 yes; 291 no. Reconstruction bonding, bill 280 yes; 449 no. folders' educational aid 344 res; 8b0 no. Market roads 118 yes: 817 no. The returns show a heavy country w . , - . measures, in Mur- vuj precinct every measure was de tested. STAVED OFF SMALLPOX Paris, June 3, The world war will be held unique In the fact that It has not been accompanied by an outbreak st smallpox. This may be due in part to the precautions taken ,n urstnj all Paris to be vaccinated w re-vacdnated. At any rate more tn 1,874,000 iperoona were vaccin ia during ths war, and only 56 es of smallpox were recorded,, of which 26 wars fatal. OUT BIG VUT INKS VACCINATION TOAMEHiCANGIRLS Will Hang In Their Joiis aud Besiege Catrital In Effort to RrUln Their ToHiUona Washington, June 4. Six thousand yeowomen, yeomaneites, or as they are officially designated yeomen (7) the F standing for female or fem inine plan to dispatch a landing party to the capltol this week and Invest the house committee on naval affairs, which threatens to cut them off the ipayroll on July 1. The women, who enlisted In the navy for the period of the war, sport the nattiest uniforms In the esDltal and enrapture thousands on the drill grounds, want to keep their Jobs In the peace establishment and contend mat mey thereby will release an equal number of temporarily enlisted men who are Impatient to get back to civil life. Chairman Butter and the republi can majority of the committee, how ever, look upon the yeomen (7) as a luxury or a (Danlelsonlan extrava gance and say they must go in the Interest of economy. ' The women hope to deter the republicans from withholding appropriation for their pay for the next fiscal year. Other features of the program on naval economy designated to save 1160,000.000 are: Immediate return to their ore-war grades of naval officers who were given temporary commissions In higher grades for the period of the war. Retirement in their original grade of retired officers who wsre olaeed on ths active Mat In higher grades for the period of the war. Abandonment of the government manufacturer of naval suDDlles in federal plants whers the work can be done cheaper and more efficiently in private plants. cessation of the manufacture of large quantities of ammunition. No new building program, but completion of the 1916 itrocram of capital ship construction. Immediate reduction In the ner- sonnel of the navy, return of menv ahlps now in active service to the re serve, and a definite figure for the future enlisted strength. YAQI I IXIHANS WORRY Washington. June 4. Reoorts. of disturbed conditions 1n the Ysqul valley in Sonora have caused the atate department through the Ameri can embassy "in tba City of Mexico to request the Mexican authorities to station enough troops In that section to safeguard American' lima nit property. San Francisco, June 4. 'Mrs. Sara Satla Coburn widow of Loren Cobum, formerly a millionaire of Pescadero near here, waa found mur dered near her home today. She had been clubbed to death. She was 80 years or age ana mad received threats since her husband's death last No vember. The vast estate was in liti gation for many years, baaed on the competency of Coburn, which vwii ic lituv,j n wuurn, wnicn was d6cided in his favor. SPIES IN BOLSHEVIKI . ARMY ARE NVMRROCS Omsk, Siberia, June 8.. There are three spies to every fifty soldiers In the bolshevik army on the Ural front, according to an engineer who has investigated conditions there. He says that the discipline of the bolshevlkl army is severe and effec tive and Is strengthened by the reign of fear caused by the operations of these spies. . . , The custom, he said, was to make the Iietts and Jews commissioners in the army and these commissioners ruthlessly shot down any officers and soldiers suspeoted of Intriguing or double-dealing or whenever there I was an error In strategy. WIDOW OF MILLIONAIRE MURDERED WITH CLUB .w sa.a-a.a 111 I 111 II IV TOLEDO AUTO PLANT RIOT 87 INJURED AND BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL AH RESULT OF OIK IIATTIJC MOT APPEALS FOR TBOOPS 1:1,000 Employes of WUlyfeOvcrland Company (Jo Out and Jeer Those Who Try to Work Toledo, Ohio, June 4. Operations at ths Willys-Overland Automobile cotntmnr olant ara at a alxnilailll day as the result of rioting last night when two, persons were shot to death end 17 Injured. Officials of the plant said ther will not attempt to operate, oendlnc a reply from Governor Cox to the appeal from Mayor Sohretber for troops. tabor disturbances Involving 18,- 000 employes have been affecting the plant and the situation Is at high tension today. Workmen who sought to enter the plant were jeer ed by former employes. a SUFFRAGE NOW trP 4 TO THE STATES 4 Washington, June 4. The 4 woman suitress resolutions 4 4 were today adopted by the sen- 4 ate by a vote of C6 to 25, and 4 now go to the states for rati- 4 Hcatlon. " ' , TUB ENGLISH DERBY tandon, June 4. Grand Parade won the derby at Bpsom Oowns; Buchan second. Pauer Alonev third. This was the first derby day In four years. YANK'S GAS MASK PUT TO COMMERCIAL USE Pueblo, Colo.,. June 8. Deadly sulphur gasses from the Pueblo smelter' smoke stack were braved for three days by SteeDlelack Jim O'Brien recently with the aid of a gas mask borrowed from a Yank back from overseas. Steeplejack Jim worked for three days at the too of the smoke stack, 200 feet In the air, making repairs. (Had it not been for the gas mask, tbs smelter would have bad to shut down because no man could brave the sulphur fumes and live. EPIDEMIC OF FLU AT SALEM Salem, June 4. Mlss iMay Loomis, head of the nursing department of the 'Red Cross In the northwest, ar rived here today to confer with local Red Cross officials relative to means for meeting a third influenza epi demic. There are said to be 100 cases of the malady in North Salem. DANTELS SAYS NOt WILL NOT FLY HOME 4- 4- Washington,' June 4. The 4 (American naval seaplane NC-4 which arrived at Plymouth, -f England, Saturday, thereby completing the first trans-At- 4- lantlc flight, wiH not attempt a non-stop or any other kind of t- flight Iback to the United States. Secretary Daniels aaid tndav - 4- The seaplane will be dismantled 4 and shipped to this country. 4-4- The secretary said the navy 4 contemplated no attempt at a 4- non-stop trans-tAtlantic flight in 4- the near future, as the navr did 4. 4- not desire to make a spectaou- 4 lar showing, was not In any 4- competition tor trans,AtlanM -a i honors and did not favor 4- "stunt" flying. , a. 44444444 44 44 4 4 4444 E 1 ST1D FIRM ON PEAC TERMS LO WILL NOT SANCTION ANY TM. PORTANT CHANGES IN TERMS PRESENTED GERMANY HUNS DEKY STARTING THE WAR Austria Says Terms Not Acceptable Semraoff Elected "Graad Duke of Mongolia" Paris, June 4.i-There la reason to believe that the council of four will reacn a oecunon oy Tnursday on their reply to the German counter proposals. Premier Clemenoeau. it is understood, will maintain firmly that there Can bs no important changes. Indications are. however, that there is a -strong undercurrent of sentiment to meet the German offer of an Indefinite sum of 100.000.000. 000 marks Indemnity Instead of an Indefinite sum that might be de manded. The Germans are resorted to be preparing a memorandum re futing the charges Chat Germany was responsible for ths war. Vienna, June 4. The Austrian government baa decided unanimous ly that the peace terms presented at St. Germain Monday are not accent able, according to a newspaper re port . , London, June 4. General Semen- off, Cossack leader of Eastern Siberia is reported to have called a congress which has declared autonomy, of Mongolia, and elected Semenoff 'Xlrand Duke' of Mongolia," accord ing to a bolshevik dispatch from Moscow. 9 . SEATTLE AND PORTLAND TAILENDERS IS YEAR San Francisco, Cal.. June 4. The poor standing of the two (North west ern teams in ths Pacific Coast league has called forth considerable criti cism from both the public and the sporting writers. Seattle and Port land, both of whom, were elected in to the league this season, are the tailenders in the percentage column. Also their percentages are exceeding ly alim. The Paslfic Coast league always has enjoyed the reputation of having a high average quality of clubs and their .players have been rated little Inferior to those, in the major leagues. In fact,' for many years both the National and American leagues have drawn largely on the coast for their stars, many of whom are playing on the various big city teams. Baseball enthusiasts are jealous of the reputation and they are clear ly indicating that both Seattle and Portland should bestir themselves and strengthen their clubs so as to maintain the interest of the public whose attendance thus far this sea son practically has been a record for sustained numbers. MAY JVNK 12 OLD VESSELS OF THE V. 8. NAVY Washington, June 4. Twelve pre- dreadnaught battleships will be placed out of commission and eventu ally broken up for junk or used as targets under plans being worked out by the navy department. ; Four of the battleships, the Ore gon, Indiana, iowa and Massachu setts, have already been relegated to the scrapheap. The remaining eight are the Kearsargs, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama, Wisconsin. Maine, Missouri and Ohio. THESLAP THAT CUT JAHS TU THE QUICK Failure to Get "Equality of Races" Clause In Covenant Most Htutil ljttlng Jap Frees Bitter Toklo. June 4. Failure of. the Jananese dsISKStes to secure the In troduction of an "equality of rafes" clause in tbs league of nations cove nant caused deep disappointment throughout ths Japanese nation and had led to a serious self-examination on ths part of the Jananese neoDle. Tbs disappointment was all the more bitter because at first a dispatch came from Paris announcing ths adoption of ths racial clause. Japanese who frankly discussed the problem said they could not un derstand on what standards Japan was Judged to be a first class power. If K were merely because Japan was strong in a naval and military sense, this was not flattering to the Jap anese amour-propre, who would much rather have it based ons stand ards of civilization, ccoaclty and cul ture. Yet small countries like Hol land and Belgium, they said are placed on a footing equal with the United States, 'France and England "We are keenly disappointed wrote the editor of one paper. "It is as If ws had tumbled from a very high precipice. We must look Into our hearts, examine ourselves rigidly and see why ws are not permitted to join ths other nations of ths world on a footing of real equality." Ths Osaka Malnichl said; . . "The adoption of the (American amend ment for ths Monroe Doctrine and the failure of the racial amendment affords a most daring contrast ss be tween a great success for the United States and a great failure for Janan. Ths Toklo Aahl saysl "part of ths blame should bs placed at the door of European and American states men whose political conscience has been so besotted that they do not understand or respect the principle of justice and humanity except when It is politically used to their advant ages." 4- STRIKERS PIT MATTER UP TO BURLESON Springfield, June 4 iA strike call tor Juns '16 Is being sent electrical workers and operators of the United States. There will be a strike, they say, unless Postmaster General Burleson 4' compiles' with their demands. i44444444v4 STRIKE REACHING CLIMAX Winnipeg. Canada, June 4. There are indications that ths general strike here is reaching a climax. Two factions of soldiers, thoss who approve and those who refused to approve of the "strike, paraded to gether today. STAND1FER SHIP.CO. DEFIES THE SIXERS Vancouver, Wash., June 3. The Standifer Shipbuilding corporation which closed its steel shipyard here yesterday as the result of a strike. will reopen the yard tomorrow, re gardless of whether the strike vis settled, it was announced today. Eighteen hundred men went out on strike and 1200 employes refused to strike. With these and several hun dred men from the ranks of the strikers, who appeared at the yards today ready to return to work, the corporation officials stated they would operate the Yard beginning to morrow. A disagreement has arisen among the union men, some claiming that a minority faction forced the walk-out over a minor matter. (A demand for reinstatement of Robert Wtehard, a boss foreman riveter, discharged for alleged inefficiency, brought on the strike. . atan carer executives said today that iWlshard would not be reinstat ed. LU1VIB 1 IS BRISK IN THE NORTHWEST EDITOR OF "THE TTMBKRXAJP BOOSTING FOR PACIFIC LOG GING CONGRESS SAYS in IS VERT SCARCE Visits Local Mills and Is Interested la New Process 'for Use in ' ) Pine Logging The 10th annual session of ths Pacific (Logging, Congress will bs held at Portland October 8-11. "Ths principle topic for discussion will bs the utilisation of the caterpillar trac tor as applied to logging operations," said George M. Cornwall, editor of The Tlmberman, published at Port land, and who was in ths city today, visiting bis old friend, I.. A. RoMs, of ths 'Pine Box company. Mr. Cornwall Is secretary of ths congress and while here will visit the Edgerton Ic Adams mill, whers M. C. Ament Is utilizing two gasollna operated logging engines, which ba thinks in ths form of a tractor wllL -with two drums, eventually become a very useful tool in pine logging oper ations. y Ths object of the logging congress ' is for ths purpose of standardizing the profession of logging. The tar-' ritory embraced in the congress la California, Oregon, 'Washington, Ida-. bo, Montana and British Columbia. . Mr.- Cornwall baa speat ths past ' six months In California, visiting ths entire state. .' He says the lumber business is very active at the pros-, ent time but that labor Is Very scare. He sees but little chance of any drop In the market for some time to corns due to ths high producing costs and ths world-wide demand for lumber. Mr. Cornwall Is very much Inter ested In the election and regrets that several of the state measures stand a good chance of being defeated. . ANARCHISTS HAVE SEALED THEIR DOOM Washington, June 4. It is evi dent that the anarchists efforts to create a reign of terror in eight cities not only failed, but brought action by the government which Is expected to wipe out the anarchists themselves. Attorney General A. 'Mitchell tPalmer announced today the creation of a new bureau by the department of justice, under Wil liam J. Flynn, for the purpose of crushing the anti-government move ment. 4 44 -S-444444444444 FIRST YANKS OUT Archangel, Russia, Jons 4. The first contingent of Ameri can Infantry today boarder a transport for return to ths United States, via Brest, France. 0. s. TAKE San Salvador, (Republic of Salva dor, June 4 lAmertcan marines nave been landed at (Port Omon, Costa Rica, due to ahe revolution against ths government headed by General Tonoco. Dispatches printed hero stats that the Costa Rica revolution has been going on tor two months. Forces recruited from political exiles ad vanced southward, clashing with troops commanded by General Ton oco, the Costa Rica minister of war.