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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1919)
1. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION T KITOKT WILL HK MAIK TO IIAVK t'A.WON UOAI OI'KX AT AM, TIMKM c,c, TO 4ViiiiiiiUiiii KiprcMM' Appi'otal of Caves Howl tuiil I'roiiiUtu Members of this statu hi kIi way oommlmiluii, iv--oin iunlil by a nnm bor of Portland newspaper men, 8iato Highway Knglneor Herbert Nunn, Hoy Kloln, swrctary of Iho commlmlon and othnm arrived In Kugwie lut night on a trip of In- , poet Ion of (ho work being on the Pacific highway from done Tort- land Id the state lino. Tlmy stopped at different point long tho lino ymtfrday and con ferred with iume of the county courts, and this inornliiK met In con ferome with the JoHephino county court. Tho commlmlon asitured Judge nillntto thnt they are golnx ahead with the work on the Crescent City roml and If tho California bond- In ir election carrion there will be, $420,000 appropriated by California for the Crescent City road toward Grants Pass. The commission of both state will niw and coma to an agreement on the road. The .commission Inspected work alonK the route and find that there li RreoX need for an open road through the Cow Creek canyon and will endeavor to have It open for travel at all times. The cut-off from the Josephine county line to the Jacques place will probably be rock ed thlH season alHO. The commls alon la also Interested In the road to the MaJrUlo Halls and nun prom laod aid for the next year. .Robert Johnson, representative of the Oregon Journal, and lavld Mor Haon of tho Portland Telegram are with the party. A. A. Rosenthal, secretary to Commissioner Ilenaon, la with them. The mombera of the commlHHlon are Simon Renson. of Portland: It. A. Booth, of Eugene, tflid W. L. Thorn iHon, of Pendleton. BOARD LIFTS BAN ON Washington, June 11. The com plete surrender of all authority of the shipping board over foreign con tracts . offered to American yards made 'by Chairman Hurley of the board at a hearing before the com merce committee or the senate, was almottt us much a surprise to Mr. Hurley aa to the members of the com mittee. , It waa plain to bo aeon that Hurley did not come 'before the committee with any Intention of abandoning the board's assorted right to aprove or ' reject contracts, .but he been mo lost In the crossfire of troublesome tho' at tlmea courteous questions. 'Don't you think." asked Senator Chamberlain, "that there would be 'greater economic loss to the country If the American shipyards should bo forced to close down than there would be t the government lost $75,000,000 In salvage?" "We are not closing down the yards." Air. Hurley answered, "But," said Senator Chamberlain, 'Ulioy 'will close down within the next 30 or 60 days If they cannot take the outside contracts." . 'Chairman Hurley did not seem dis posed to argue the .point and a ques tion from Senator Edge Immediately afterward was the one which drove Mr. Hurley into agreeing to lift the ban, ROBBERS FAIL TO GET RICH PRIZE KhootiiiK of Itohlx-r By Hunk Mm M'iikt ('Hiimi Him to Drop the Swag Now York, June 13. SI holdup men at the entrance of a Manhattan elovaXcd atatlon made an attack on two messengers of the Colonial bank who wore transferring a large sum of money to a federal reserVc bonk. One of the mnmcngers ihot a rob ber but he wan carried away by hl companliMia who escaped In an automobile. Dank official decline to state the amount of the lose Washington, June 13. 1 haa been lixtrnod that the bank money, $100,000 and securities, was not tu.1i n by tho robbers, aa the man who waa shot dropped the bag Into which tho valuables had been placed. The bag waa retrieved by Mr. Ryan, elderly bank messenger who shot the robbor. AS I NI AU Ml'KBKKKK WILL PLKAO INSANITY . Yakima, Wanh., June 13. Foun allon for a plea of Insanity In the cate of Roy Wolff, confessed slayer of Elmer Greer at Dakersfleld, Cat, wore laid today by his eldest brother who was recently discharged from the service, lie says the lad, now 16, about 10 years ago fell from a fence, broke his collar bone a&d pre sumably Injured his head. Since that time, he fays, the boy has been uncontrollable at times. COMI.VKL LKADKK.llKSKiliiS Kugene, June 13. Col. John L. lioader, 111 Hilary commandant and Instructor ajt the I'nlvererty of Ore Bon. dellgluful and vivid torturer, has tendered his resignation to President Campbell and will leave next week for British Columlria. CORVALUS EDITOR IN FESTIVAL 1 FLIGHT Portland, June 13. To feature of today's, roso festival program was the beautiful floral parade, while airplanes and seaplanes swooped down close over the buildings, add ing thrills. Among the civilian passengers carried In airplanes today was C. E. 1 11 gal Is, editor of the Corvallls Ga zette Times, with Lieutenant Beck in the CurtlHH plane. They ascend ed to 'an altitude of 4000 feet, loop ed the loop, took tall splits and did other stunts. Editor Ingalls said he wais not frightened even though the calendar said Friday, the 13th. iONIITlOX OK WASHINGTON GOVERNOR IS CRITICAL Seattle, June 13 Governor Lis ter's condition la considered critical. He displays considerable cloudiness of mind. O.A.C. REGISTRATION T Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls, Ore., June 13. 'Registration for the school yea,r Just closed1 at the college was the largest tn the his tory of tthe Institution, 4588 Indi vid nails taking work. This figure includes short course students nd S. A. T. C. men. The number of regular students was 3,186 and short course students 90. The total number Irom Oregon was 2,939 and from other states came 1,123 and 24 were from foreign countries. Seventy-one ipersons were transferred from other colleges and universities. 'Among states outside of Oregon which had the largest registration were Washington "with 493, Callfa ornla 437 and Idaho 77. OKA NTS- PASS. J08EPHINB COUNTY, PEACE TREATY ES AN KXTKXHIVK I N VE8TIG ATIOX WILL UK MA l)K IX VARIOUS , PA UTS OK STATE GERMANY EXPECTED TO ACCEPT Ik-tailed knowledge of Structure uud Sedimentary Formations la Xecessarjr . Paris, June 13. The German puaco treaty will ha,'ve to be virtually rewritten to embody the changes the allies have decided upon. The be lief that It will not be altered in piinHple seems to be quite general. It is the universal belief that Ger many will accept the terms but some doubt whether the delegates of the present German government will sign. Some expect the establish ment of a radical socialist govern ment. It Is reported that Germany will bo admitted into the league of na tions and a plebiscite held In Siles ia and also In the Sarre districts af ter 15 years. The allies have decided to stand by their offer to furnish supplies and munitions to the Kolchak army In 'Russia. HOUSE BILL CARRIES Washington, June 13. The house paused today and sent to the senate the army appropriation bill carrying $718,000,000 and providing for a temporary army of 300,000. The war department asked for a billion and a quarter dollars. I'KHAINIAN'S WAXTIAM.IKS TO HEM FIGHT HEI London, June 13. An Ukrainian diplomatic mission has arrived in Ixindon. Co-ordinate military action by the allies and the Ukrainians aiculimt the bolshevikl is desired by the mission. For this reason they wish the allies formally to recognize the Ukrainian representatives. REWRITTEN FOR MANY AN RUMANIA S GREATEST NEED IS FOOD-BOLSHEVISM THREATENS Athens, May 5. (By Mall...Ger- many has stripped Roumanla of ev erything, writes a Red Cross agent front Bnda'peet. There are only 84 locomotives in the whole country for the transport of troops, munitions and supplies. Of her 17 theretlcal t visions, 11 have had to be demobil ized for lack of food and equipment. There are not sufficient horses to transport fledl artillery, no tractors tor the field artillery, 40 per cent of the Roumanian medical staffs died during the war and there are virtually no airplanes, armored cars or tanks. ' iDesplte the efforts of the author ities, the country Is harboring bol shevik tttpents smuggled in from Russia Hungary and Bulgaria. As 60 per cent of Roumania Is Illiterate the 'bolshevik danger Is apparent. The greatest need Is food. ' Food for the army and food for the civ ilian population 'America has sent a dozen food ships to RoumtCnla and ha American iRod Cross ts distribut ing xooa at canteens and 'by means of rolling soup kitchens wherever the need Is greatest. In th Dobru- dja where the smallpox epidemic is OREOOX, FR1IMY, JUNE 13, UXIOX OFFICIALS SIRMIT COX IIITIONS OX WHICH STItlKK MAY HK SETTLED Settlement of Winnipeg Strike Be lieved By Mayor to He Close at Hand Portland, June 13. The tele graphers strike sltation Is unchang ed, but union nien are hoping ' the Western Union operators will walk out soon. They expect railroad op- rators to cease handling Western Union business tomorrow. Chicago, June 13. The first steps towards the settlement of the nation-wide commercial telegraphers' strike waa taken when the teleg raphers union officials submitted to the Postal Telegraph company the conditions upon which an agreement could be based. The conditions pro vide that the strike will be called off as far as the Postal Is concerned If the company agrees to wae ad justments Immediately after full control haa Ibeen given the company by the wire administration. Wlnnijieg, June 13. Officials of the local switchmens and trainmen's unions, it to announced, have voted to strike at 6 o'clock tonight. It Is believed this action wHl severely cripple freight service and may hand icap passenger service. Winnipeg, June 13. Settlement of the strike this week is intimated by Mayor Gray, who said "we may have big news within 24 hours." ltOO.E CONVICTIONS IX IiONDON OX DECREASE 1-aidon, June ,13. Convictions for drunkenness in England and Wales have decreased in the past four years under the operations of the Liquor Control Board, according to Its statement. The board stales that convictions of men and boys in 1915 were 35,457: In 1918, only 6,990. In the same period convictions of women decreased from 15,915 to 3.211. at its worst, the American Red Cross has many doctors and nurses. America has loaned Roumania $5,000,000 ibut the financial sttua lon of the country remains critical, writes the Red Cross, man. This he attributes to Roumania'e Inability to export and to the broadcast issue during the German occupation of worthless banknotes. ' In addition to food the Rouman ian army and civilian population need clothing. Cloth for a suit of clothes costs $60 a yard. A yard of inn for shirts costs $8 and a shirt of ordinary Quality coebs $40. A pound of butter costs $5.50. . "How can 'America help Rouman ia'?" a Roumanian army officer was asked. "Continue your splendid shipments of food through the lAmerican Army Food mission nda the American Red Cross," replied the officer. Send us propaganda written by Americans to be dropped by airplanes In : tn bolshevik ranks. We must fight Ideas with ideas. Our railroads and transport system is a wreck. Send us some of the American railroad men who did such wonderful work KEY OPERATORS STR1K Ml UNCHANGED to Trance," 1010 BANKS URGED TO Numlx-r of Jlohberica in the Smaller Cities Noted By Bankers' Convention Portland, June 13. The Oregon Bankers' Association met today in its 14 th annual convention. F. L. Myers 'of the La Grande National bank responded to the mayor's greeting. Pres. K. i. Crawford of Port land urged that the banks lend aid ud counsel for a wise and steady de veopment of the state. He recom mended the adoption of a uniform syatem of handling assigned invoices of lumber shipments and outlined a plan. He referred to the prevalence of bank burglaries In the smaller towns or Oregon and Washington and advised against leaving so tew em ployes on duty at lunch periods and of leaving doors unlocked and cur tains down after closing hours. CALITORXIA XLLOWS ORE. WITH TOURIST CAMP GKOUXUS San Francisco, June 13. Munici pal camping grounds with free ac commodations for the use of tour ing automoblllsts are in operation in many sections of the country and are serving a double purpose. They add to the comfort of. the travelers and 'bring to notice the attractions which the cHy or town supplying the accommodations has to offer. The various communities' aVe vlelng with each other as to the number of ac commodations they have to offer in cluding water, lighting, tents and other conveniences all of which are offered free of charge to attract the travellers. DEMOCRATSOPPOSEDTO KNOX RESOLUTION VOTE Washington, June 13. After a conference a group of democratic senators announced that they had decided to prevent a vote if possible on the resolution of Knox declaring the treaty with the league covenant included as unacceptable by the sen ate. MEXICO TO RESTRICT CHIXESE IMMIGRATION Mexico City, June 13. Aa a re sult of reports that large numbers of Chinese are arriving In Mexico, most of them In a" bad state of health and without money, It Is said that a bill will be presented in con gress soon urging ( that auch Asiatic immigration be restricted. It is feared the Chinese will enter the district . competition with Mexican labor and eventually force down the wage scale. . A treaty exists 'between Mexico and China whereby mutual Immi gration is unrestricted but accord ing to the newspaper Excelsior, the situation is so alarming'that legisla tion action Is probable. Th body of Carl Whlllock, who was drowned In the Rogue river near the Gold Ray dam on Memorial day and for whose body an effectual searon nas Deen conducted ever since, arose to the surface Thursday morning about 8 o'clock and was at once oeen by the watchers stationed by the father, C. W. Whlllock. , The body arose to the surface about three-quarters of a mile down river from where the boy was drown ed. IA net had been stretched for some time about a mile and a halt from the dam so as to catch the body of It floated down strea.'m. GREATER CAUTf Medford Tribune. WHOLE XUMBER 209f' OREGON BUREAU MINES LOOKING FOR HAND GAS BELIEF GENERAL THAT NO CHANGE L PRINCIPLE WILL BE MADE COHTRACTS WITH BEST fluM AlUes Will Stand By Their Offer t Furnixh Supplies For Admiral Kolchak's Army The Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology announces that It has begun a systematic and extensive investiga tion of oil and gas possibilities t& different parts of Oregon. The field work In Eastern Oregon is being done Jointly with the C. 3. G. S. while the western part ot Um state is being Investigated solely by the Sttae Bureau of Mines and Geol ogy. ' The bureau has contracted with one ot the best firms of consulting oil geologists in the United States to of this work in 'Western Orgon and their Investigation will be made as thorough and complete as it Is poo sible to make it in the light ot the beet scientific and practical know ledge. ; Up to this time neither the gov ernment nor the state has done ' a sufficient amount of detailed work! to obtain the necessary geologic ia formation upon .which to prospect' for oil. Detailed knowledge; of the' srtntntilrA nf fha atulimftnlArT fnrml ttone of the state is absolutely neoes- sarr to 'be able to distinguish ' b- tween favorable and unfavorable! places to drill for oil. " i An oil geologist - cannot go Intel a new territory and tnll 1ut whn to drill in order to get oM in com-i mercial quantities, but he can, if he has the opportunity to make sulfij dent and thorough Investigation, dej terms ne tne more procaine areas lot; oil Dooion account of the mnani structure and relation of diffrem types of rocks. The results of the field work which is being made by the bureau will b4 made public just as soon a)! autfflj dent Investigation has been com4 pleted upon which to form satisfsc-l- tory conclusions. HOUR FOR ARRIVAL OF t AIRPLANES NOT YET SET xso aeiinue announcement nas yet been made as to the hour the. air-' planes will reach 'here, but It te probable that they .will arrive Sunday- at about 11 o'clock They aTu. to spend Saturday night at Cottagi Grove and will probably leave thai. city at 9 o'clock, their usual starU 1ng time. It will probably require' about two hours to reach this cltyA- Arrangements have been made toil the blowing of locomotive whistled In the S. P. yards about an houir before the planes are expected tb arrive. At this time It is impossIfT Me to state ipositively when th planes will reach this city. N ItKKU AXD BOOZE GET BOOST FROM DOCTOrto- (Atlantlc City. N. J.. June 13.-lnt Beef and wine of low. alcoholic conwn- tent are not "intoxicating." On th1 other hand they are healthful an'nS their sale under close state and fetfom era! supervision shoud be contlnuetVd declared Dr. (Lambert Ott ot 'Phils! delphia, who said. "It has .bee! tn my observation that war beer an 1,4 wins of low alcoholic ipercentagJW are not harmful, but on the othejban hand are a real aid to digestion Tbl- sale should be closely supervised K of the authorities."