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; . ' , '' ' IF VOL. I.X., No. tMHI. F08DICK SAYS SECTARIANISM WAS HANDICAP WK1AI, WORK IN AILMV 1U NCil, Kit 11V TK) MANV UMTS HTKIV r.3 for i,imi:u;iit Sit ORGANlZATtOHS ABROAD V. M. I'. A. Hail ,Mm lli'iavwiitit- tlvra In HM nnil Iti-cflvrd ( Hi Mm Prom th Holrilrr Washington, June 24. Koclal work In the army In any future em- eiKury should be handled by the jtovurnmunl Itself through a single, non-sectarian aguncy, In the opinion of lUymoud 1. 'Foodlck, rlitilrmuli of the oommlulon on training camp actilvitlna, expressed in a report made public today by the war department. Seuretlry Maker wan ald to be "anb4 atantlally In a'-cord" with Mr. Ton dick's view. , Rivalries engendered by the aeo- Urlan nature of the Young 'Mon'i Christian Association, Knight of Co juiiiuus, Jewish 'welfare Hoard or other sorietle sharing in the United War Work campaign fund of 9172.- 000,000. Mr. Fosdlrk found to have provided "the worst -possible basil for social work with the army," a result ror which tie held the training- camp commlMNlon responsible for having turned to these private agen cies. "It seonis to me," said Mr. Kos dlck, "that the lesson or the war In jtooUl work Involves perhaps three points: The elimination or sectar ian auspices; , reduction In the num ber r agencle"omployed; and the transfer to the government Itself of much of the activity hlthertojeft to private Initiative." V .. liscuing the work of the six or ganizations that served abroad with the army, the rert said the Voting '.Mens Christian Association, hand lng 68 per cent of the war work bud get and with 6.000 representatives In Franco, was far tho largest and "received good deal of criticism from the soldiers In France." i :v "Some of the criticism Is morlted" Mr. Fosdlck saJd. "much oflt Is due. 1 believe to misunderstanding." t The 1ulk or the complaint -arose from the Young Wen'a Christian As aoolatlon 'operation of. army can teens, which Chairman Fosdlck said was mistake although It was un Irtiiken as a service to the army and roleaaod a large combatant per sonnel. From early days tho can loon Hind been an aflny .perquisite and the soldiers could not under hand why It should ibe handed over to a "private society iwhlch was at the earns time raising millions at nome for support," the report said hind continued: -"Moreover, the iKirsonnel of the Y. iM. C. A. was untrained for this Kind of work and It soon found Itself In a maze of business and technical difficulties with which It was unable at first to copo. .In the minds of ; the eoldlers, it Immediately became a commerclul organization and rrom this stigma It has never succeeded" In freeing Itself." So far as the effect of tho trans fer of the canteens went on the army command, the report continued, !'It was genuine relief to the general , taff that during ithe fighting days of the army. It did not ljave to han dle tho ever troublesome canteen problem. "The charge that the Y. M. C. A. Juade money out of the canteen Is or course erroneous," said Mr. iFosdlck. "However high Its .prices may have vbeen In Individual localities, conRld- ored aa a,' business venture the total ; results show large losses." TWO KH,I,i:i) ix VM.I. Mlnneola, N. Y., June 24. IJou tonant Shelley IM. Wataon and IM. Ireland, a civilian mechanic, were Wiled at 'Ilye Beach today by the tnll of their army airplane. 400 SPECIES FISH IN PACIFIC WATERS Over llnlf Thin NumW Have KmkI Vlue, Hut Only 15 Varlelun Are Known to the Public San Francisco, June 24. -The available food resources of the North Pacific ocean are being utilized only in small part according to Professor John M. Cobby, director of the Col lege or Fisheries at the I'nlverslty or Washington, Sett tie. "There are In our Pacirio coast waters, so far as known, more than 400 species of fish, several hundred species of crustaceans and mollusks and many siiecies or marine alegae. More than hair or the species of fish are known to posses considerable food -value, yet we do not utilize more than about 45 to 50 of them and of these IS species are. used to a very limited extent. Of the cru- s'acean about six species are used commercially, while, or the mollusks only about 1 1 iecles are to be round In our market. Many problems In connection with the best methods or preparing then for market will have to be solved before the majority of the species can be utilized, and these problems are being, attacked In fish eries experimental laboratories estab lished on Ibis coast since 1916. A considerable part or the research work or the new college or fisheries will tie along these line. "An Interesting problem for the bacteriologist and chemist Is that or determining why the flesh of certain Chinook or King salmon should be white while tha large majority are or the usual salmon color. This pe culiar condition prevails from Puget Sound to 'Bering Sea,, being practic ally unknown south of the sound. and the proportion Is .from one fourth to-one third of the catch. With these off-color fish the flesh I generally white, although occas sional one 4a found with the flesh on one side white and on the other red. while a few have mottled flesh. As these wblte-meated fish' do not bring the fishermen much more than one-fifth the .price obtained ror the red-meated fish, owing to the diffi culty experienced In finding a mar ket for them It Inflicts heavy fin ancial handicap upon those operat ing In the regions affected. OF, DErM GYMNASIUM ti runts .Push, by Its vote at the school election held yesterday, when the proposition of constructing the gymnasium, for school purpose was defeated, slips back to the ranks of unprogresslve cities. There was e time whon the equipment of the Grants Pass schools was standard and students were attracted from a distance, but not so now. The vote of iMomlay deprives the students of Dlirtrlct Xo. 7 of equipment which Is their due. Tho vote was J r In favor of build ing gymnasium and 84 against. The small favorable vote being due to .the apathy of the supporters of the proposition. OIXXrTT DKMVK1LS A1IUKS8 OF WKMXMK Portland, Ore...June 84. The na tional convention of ithe "Greeters of America" opened here todajvGov ernor Olcott gave the address ofel come. ' CONTRACTED 9 CENTS Salem, Ore., June 24. Forty lo ganberry "growers who control more than 200 acres of berries, today an nounced a sale of their Joint crop to. the Drager iFrult Company at 9c a poupd. The growers are planning to make their pool permanent. GRANTS PASg, JOHErHIXB OO05TT, HERMAN MUELLER WILL SIGN FOR HUNS FRIDAY Von Haimpausen Resigns Rather Than Attach His Name to Treaty-Event Fill Take Place at Versailles. Clemenceau to Retire Wilson Will Soon Return Paris, June 24. The German del egation to sign the peace treaty will arrive at Versailles Friday morning the French foreign office Is informed, ft I thought probable In French circles that the signing or the treaty will take place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Herman 'Mueller, the new German foreign secretary, will heatf the German delegation to sign the treaty, La "Liberie says. Paris, June 24. The signing or the peace treaty with Germany will probably take place Thursday. There I some doubt ae to the date because or lack of word from Germany re garding oer new representation at Versailles. Hanlel von Haimpausen, who . was named plenipotentiary to sign the treaty, has telegraphed his resignation to WeimaJ-, rather than attach his name. President Wilson has ordered the steamer George Washington held in readiness at Brest for hla departure, but will remain until the treaty is signed. Work on the Austrian treaty was resumed by representatives of the powers Inarjj today. Paris, June 24. (Premier Clemen ceau has expressed his intention to seslgn as soon aa the peace treaty is promulgated, feeling that be has ac- GREY LIKES THE ROGUE Zaoe Grey the novelist, left the city yesterday evening with his wife. his brother and iMIs O. Ackerman for the purpose of seeing more ofi Southern Oregon and trying a rew more fishing streams aside rrom the Rogue. iMr. Grey thinks the Rogue wonderful stream aJnd expects to return here within about two weeks to again try his lock catching steel heads. "You have a wonderful steam here." said Mr. Grey, "fed by the Pacific, and there is no reason why the fishing should not always be Rood. If VOU will lirnuerlv rniriilatn AND WILJ. RETURN HERE commercial fishing at the mouth of,of Mr. .Arnold wlll eguMisnej ,n the iRogue. I am coming back and j Portland. pe m drw a galary of ,nL!1 agln " 1200 monthly and expenses. George The party expects to take In the r. Maeton, of Pocatello. Idaho, gen- signis near crescent vity, Kiamatn Lake, Crater (Lake and a few more points of interest before returning to this city. Fishing is a hobby with Mr. Grey and he has caught fish In most or the famous fishing resorts (n America, as well as in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He states that the most exciting time he ever ha'd angling was catching sword fish and tuna near Catallna Island, oft the coast ot California. : PRESIDENT TO START E Washington, June 24. President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty to day that he expected to leave Brest on his homeward Journey Wednes day or Thursday. The president should make the re turn trip within a,' week and immedi ately arter bis arrival here he per sonally will present the peace treaty to the state for ratification.. After he dear his desk of accumulated work be will make a "swing aTound (he circuit" speaking In support of the league ot nations covenanV TXB8DAY, JVSB complished the task for which he as sumed the premiership, says the Echo De Paris. It Is expected that parliament will ratify the treaty late In July. Berlin, June 24. Police and sol dier's who intervened in the iood riots in Berlin suburbs today ex changed shots with the mobs of men and women. A number of shops were plundered. Reports from Mannheim says 1 1 persons were kill ed and 37 wounded in the rioting Sunday. ' Versailles, France, June 24. Premier Clemenceau, President Wil son and liloyd George visited the palace today to inspect the arrange. ments for the ceremony of signing the peace treaty. iRome, June 24.--The new Italian delegation to the peace conference will leave here "Wednesday atad ar rive at Paris In time to sign . the peace treaty. The delegation is com posed 'of Foreign Minister Tlttonl and three senators. Parle, June 24. The supreme blockade council met today to decide when the blockade on Germany shall be lifted. It la believed thai the council will decide to lift the block ade upon the signing of the treaty. RAILWAY CLERKS HAVE ' Eugene. Ore., June 23. The sys tem board of adjustment organised by representative of the Brother hood of Railway Clerks at a meeting In the 'Woodman hall here Sunday afternoon, will meet in Eugene twice monthly. This place was decided up on on account of Its central location. The board will represent 900 em ployes of the Southern Pacific lines north of Ashland. The following officers of the board were elected: IA. M. Arnold, or Port land, general! chairman: V. IM, Pat terson, of 'Albany, secretary-treasurer; G. W. Campbell, or Portland, E. T. Compton, of Riosebufg. 'Ray F. Smith of Eugene, and R. P, Davis, of Grants Pass, vice-chairmen. Offices era! organizer, presided at. the meet ing. About 75 clerks were present at the .meeting. Twenty of them were women. i, i The salary schedule given to the railway clerks Is satisfactory, ac cording to Mr. Maston, who declares that all they ask for is retention of the present pay basis. ' (Recognition has been obtained from the govern ment and the same will be asked from the Southern Pacific' system. The brotherhood has 'a member ship of 200,000. It was organised in 1898 but experienced Ms big growth In the past year. The organ ization is 100 per cent strong on the lines north of Ashland. HOOD 1UVER STRAWBHIUUKS BRING IN TOTAL OF $2tf),MM Hood River. Ore., June 24. Total shipments of Hood Ttlver strawber ries from the valley' have reached 68 carloads. Except for picking In the upper valley, the harvest Is about completed. . Not more than 16 ad ditional cats are expected. The pre-harveat estimate have fallen far short as a result of early frost damage, but the total returns will be much larger than In former years, the average per car for the berries reaching approximately 13, 000. " - OREGON. 84, 1010. DLD POSTAL RATES IN EFFECT JULY I tVrtain Kxclumges for Benefit of Public Can He Made at Postoffice ' up to 'Anfcnxt "Section 1100 of the revenue act of 1917 is hereby repealed to take effect on July 1, 1917, and thereafter the rate of postage on all mall mat ter of the first class shall be the same as the rate in force on October 2. 1917." The result of the above is, that beginning on the first day of July, the rate of postage will be two cents for each ounce or fraction of ounce on letters, and one cent for postal cards. After July 1 and before August 1, three cent envelopes, printed or im printed, and two cent postal cards will be exchanged at office of pur chase at full value, for such stamps. envelopes or postal cards as may be desired when presented for exchange by the original purchaser, or tbey may be applied aa part payment for printed envelope. Stamp, envelopes or postal cards cannot be redeemed from the public for cash. After July 31st, envelopes, wheth er printed or unprinted, may be ex changed by the original purchaser at office of purchase, for stamps, post a lcards or envelopes, for the amount of stamp value only; two cent postal cards will be. exchanged at three fourths of their stamp value, or one and one-half cent for each two cent card. " Postmasters are not authorized to exchange three cent stamps, which will continue to lie used on mail mat ter requiring more than two cents postage. . W. P. QUIXUAN. postmaster. APPOINTS MAX TO OFFICE THAT IS fXCOXSTITlTIOXAL Salem, Ore., June 24: Governor Olcott today appointed Jacob Kanz- ler Judge of the newly created court of domestic relations at Portland, following the rendering1 of an opin ion by Attorney General Brown that the act creating the court is largely unconstitutional. The object In an nouncing the appointment at once is to get the law before the courts for adjudication. , " ' OREGON NEEDS A LAW SIMILAR TO THIS ONE Philadelphia, June 24. Issuers of worthless checks will find new perils from now on In practicing that meth od of fraud. A law has 'been placed upon the statute books of Pennsylvania defin ing the issuance ot a worthless check aa a misdemeanor. Hereafter, untier its provisions, not only will be Is suing of a "no account" check, or one of the kind which returns with the Inscription . "not euff," .be pun ishable, but the new law says,, "the mere fact ot making, drawing or de livering such a' check will be prima facie evidence or Intent to derraud," unless the drawer makes good the amount of the check with interest within ten days. V AVSTR.U.TAX MIXES CLOSED London, June 24. 'All but two' of the Australian copper, mines - and smelter are reported to have been closed down because of the large stocks of metal on hand and the very small demand. - VILLA SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS IN LATE BATTLE EI Paso, Tex., June 24. Sixty three Villa rebels were killed and many wounded Saturday night in fight with federal troops, an official military dispatch given out today says. . ' . x , ' ' WHOLE XIJMBRR 2701. I BB ANGRY OVER I1G OF HUN RE WIIiL INVESTIGATE MATTER A.ND THY AXD PLACE RESPONSE BIT-iITY FOR RASH ACT TWO DESTROYERS ARE AFLOAT IM of the Vessels Have Bees Beached Eye Witness Gives Description of Destruction j "London, June 24. Three of the German warships whose crews at tempted to sink them at Scaoa, Flow Saturday have been beached and the Baden i moored readr to beach. The vessel beached are the cruiser Emden, Frankfort and Number. Two destroyers are afloat and 18 have been beached. London, June 24. Admiralty offi cials considered measures today to investigate and fix responsibility for the stroke by which the German fleet was wiped out.. A commission probably wlll ibe appointed to hear testimony and decide who la to blame. ; . Admiralty official maintained that looseness of the armistice terms. under which German crew remain ed on the vessels, made the coup possible. ' v So far aa the public is concerned, in many places' the remark - waa heard: "Well, that' what we want ed done with them. wasn't it?. " The Impression seemd to prevail that the Germans had saved the al lies some trouble. ' Thurso. Scotland. June S4- the German vessels Interned in SVsana now the dreadnabght Baden remain afloat, the Emden, 'Frankfort and Nurnberg are beached and may be salvaged. Two destroyers are still afloat and 18 have been beached. The other vessels ot the proud German high seas fleet were 'beneath the waves, sunk by their own crews to keep them from be coming allied property. Fourteen hundred of the Germ&n - sailor have been landed. A few were Icllled and wounded in clashmi with British guards. Soma mv have drowned. The main force of the British fit was absent from Scana flow. if. northern base when the Germans - sayed their coup. A few drifters and ' small craft were on hand and there were some aircraft guarding captured warships. An eyewitness ave this rtiwin. tion of the sinkings: Saturday forenoon was ouW kt noon it was reported that one Ger man ba.tlesb.iD waa sinking it. miuuoi simultaneously all the ships hoisted me wman ensign, showing the red flag at their foremasts. THa .r. began leaving the ships. i By the behavior, or 'the sinking ships It was evident tha ne.u.k had been opened. Soon all began to settle. , "The 'MoKke. Savdlitz. norYiino- Hindenburg and von der Tann went aown together within an hour or tha first sinking. . .. It was a toixsy-turvev scen ships' -eterns sticking up, some al most engulfed, here and there a des troyer taking a sudden dive. When the 'German sailors rushed to their" boats at the beelnnln of the sinkings, many were overcrowd ed and the seamen Jumped Into the water. All wore life belts. ; 'British guardship opened tire on some of the boats, resulting In soma of their occupants Jumping Into the waier. Destroyers picked them up. "German officers who were resett ed and brought aboard British ships proudly saluted, clicking their heels. ' aa they met their rescued colIeaniA One officer carried his word and of fered to surrender it. Many sailors carried huge bundle containing their belongings." j . - ..fi.J I,,., , ..t J