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'Us The Climate We're Telling The World Come mc Enjoy It' : , ll II frl Ytl U J I V I ' VOL. IX., No. ii.W. EGYPT 101 T ltltlTISil CLAIM EOVI'TIAX HOV- 'KltKIUNTV NOT W'SMTItOYKH; imi:h own flag FROM KILE WIh u TurkUli Ann) AHim ked Egypt (Im Ihirk .M.-u'n Artillery Helped Defend Grout Hum Canal Washington, Sept. 3.- Honuld Lindsay, ihursu d'ultidrn ot the HrltlHh embassy, todu nmdo jiulillc a letter to Grover '. Hull, associate odimr of th .Montgomery 'Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala., In reply ' lu" qiiiry ly Mr. HnJI as to "how inntiy Egyptian soldier rough! under the ItrlilMli flag during th wur and what wuh tho number of easiiulllcs suf fered ly them?" The Inquiry, II Is said, wus prompted by the brief recently pre sented by Joseph W. Folk, former . governor of MiHHourl lo tho foreign relation romlttee of lhi United States senate. In which Mr. Folk called attention "to tho fart thut 1,01(0,(1110 Egyptian troop fouKht on the side of tho allies." "Tho 'llr,ltlh government," wrote Mr. Undsay. -who was In Egypt Hll through tho war. "has carefully Voided destroying Egyptian sover eignty. Egyptian soldiers always servo under the Egyptian and not under tho Hrlllsh flug. The Union Jack doe not fly in Egypt except over the 'HrltlHh military establish ments in the ronntry. elsewhere the distinctive Egyptian flax l display ed, i To answer your question liter ally, no 'Egyptian soldier Joned the Brit lull colon, "Of course thin la only a partial statement. In February 1915, when tho TnrklHh army attacked Egypt, a battery of Egyptian artillery Join ed tho British force defending the line of tho Suez canal. The enemy's alUck develoiied Just opposlto tills hallery the metiers of which inun- aged their guns In an able mannerj and assisted In the repulse nf the! nemy. I believe they lout two kill-1 oil and half u dozen wounded. ! "In addition to this, InrRe num- bers of Egyptian were enrolled In labor and transport corps auxiliary to.thn British fores. Thcso men were enllHlod for short terms of three to nix month and did the man-l "ual and unskilled labor for General Allenby's forces. As such their ser vice were of high value, and they released for the fighting line men' who, otherwise, would have been en . gaged In the rear. "How many of these men pa'Hsed through tho labor corps cannot be si a toil, but the total enlistments nt one moment amounted to ,between 80,nnn and OO.OOO. Of the labor corps men so mo came under fire while digging trenches and trans porting stores and ammunition near the front and casualties were suf fered. I cannot Rive the TlRures au thoritatively, but T believe there were altORether about 1,!00 killed and wounded during the four years .of war." CITIZEN LEADS ATTACK ON MEXICAN REBELS Mexico pity, Sept. 3. After near ly all thounillltury osoort on a' train procppdlr.g tro Tchuncan to Tuehla had been killed In an attack by ban dits ..under 'Francisco Ayaqulca at TopeacB, a fow days ngo, a passenger named iGalvez seized tho pistoPand sword cf the commander of the troops and led tho few remaining survivors In a desperate tight until the arrival of reinforcements. Some , of the passengers nre reported to have 'been killed and all were rob bed, i TO ENGLAND III HEGREAT1R MANY LiW III FOR E (rent HrttHlM l ean. Klie Will Irfwe Out Afiwrktt IiiiIn, ,laN'n Hw oik), Willi (iermiiiiy Active ' Ixindon, pt. 3. "HrltlHh Iron and steel manufacturer are serious ly -wondcrliiK whether they will be able to retain their home trade, not to speuk of extending their export buslnesH, In the face of steadily In creasing prices of materials nnd la bor. Americans who haVe looked over tho situation, declare tho Brit ish need not worry If they win adopt modern methods, for wages In the Industry are much higher In America than they are In England. Anxiety Is chiefly confined to makers of railway materials, tools, machinery, engines, and those things which go to fit out tho completed ship's power plant. The British workman not only de mand high wages, but h Is charged with refusing to give Its equivalent In labor, thus cutting down produc tion and malting It Impossible for his .employer to fill contracts on time, America, awakening to the de mands of Europe. Is getting the bulk of tho business.' while Japan Is a close second, according to high trade authorities. Even Germany, with lis rioting workmen and lack of raw materials. Is after trade, and If re ports can be believed, Is getting It. Wellington. New Zealand, Sept. 3. The peace treaty with Germany was unanimously ratified today, af ter members pf the labor party crit icised the puct. BISQUE BRISTLES UP Portland, Ore., Sept. 3. With the preliminary declaration that he waa prepared to disprove every charge liroitKht against his' administration, Gcnera.1 Dlsqun took the stand In the spruce Investigation hearing to day. ConKroseman Frear told General Disquo that the committee wanted the truth Irrespective of politics. Dlsque said that he had tho facts and documentary evidence. Ho said he never voted in his life, never was' in terested In politics and never had a political friend. Ho declared that Frear's report to Secretary Haker was composed of opinionated evi dence, largely falsfhoods, which he could disprove. 1 AND P The people of Josephine county will show' their appreciation ot the work done by soldiers, sailors and marines who took part In the late war when thoy entertain all men who have been In the ser.vlce at the re ception to be given Sunday, Septem ber 7,. at iRiverside park lit Grants Pass. iAU residents of the county are invited to come and bring a pic nic lunch, nnd to make sure that they have enough extra tor one man who has :hoen In the service. The urogram In the afternoon will In clude a short band concert and a community sing. Messages tor the returned men will be another fea ture of the entertainment. The reception Is under the aus pices of the Red Cross and. the fol lowing committee has charge of the arrangements: Mrs. Philip Holmer, Mrs. George Riddle, Mrs. II. H. Al lyn, Mrs. E. E. Blanchard, Mrs. Moss, Miss iRuth Corbett, T. P. Cra mer, Dr F. D. "Strieker, A. iE. Voor hlee, iR K. Hackett, C. D. Thompson and C. H. Ernst. Other members will probably be added as the need arises. Every one In the county should work with the committee to make the reception a success. BIG S i EUROPEAN TRAD 0ANT8 PA88, JOflEI'HIXE OOCWTT, ORKGOX. WEIXK8IAY, AKPTEMBEIt 8, 1019 HITCHCOCK SCENTS PLAN TO KILL PEACE TREATY Declares There is Dark Plot Relations Committee-Asserts Japs Would Not Submit to Be Humiliated LaFollette Amendment Killed Washington, Sept. 3. )eclariiig thilt tho real purose of the foreign! relations committee majority In ' amending the peace treaty was to I kill Ibe treaty entirely, and. that! such a course would be suicidal toi the United States, Senator Hitch-1 cock, democratic leuder, asserted to day that the majority of the sen ators never. would accept any of the committee changes. "Suppose tho senate should vote for tho Shantung amendment," said Senator Hitchcock, "does anyone suppose that Japan would submit to this humiliation before the eyes of the world?" Washington, Sept. 3. 'Republi can leaders hope to report the peace treaty to the senate Friday, but may be delayed until next week, although not later than Wednesday. Pro gress Is reported by the republicans toward. a "harmony program" on COUNCIL SENDS STIfP NOTE TO ROUMANIANS Paris. Sept. 3. The sujirome council has decided to send an ulti matum to Roumania, regarding her course in Hungary, "he note will be couched In drastic terms and with a' time limit. It Is to be delivered by an envoy ot the council. Should It on mania refuse to com ply within a given time, diplomatic relations will cease and the allied envoy will bring away with him from Hucharest, allied diplomatic repre sentatives there. BY SMALL RAINFALL The longest drouth on record In Oregon was broken this morning when rain began falling In the Rogue river volley. It will be a great aid in giving fall pasture a start, as well as assisting fire fighters In ex tinguishing forest fires. This has been a dry summer, and little mois ture hnfl fallen since early spring. On April 19 there was .13 of an Inch of rain, on May 18th, .02 of an Inch, iyid June 15th the dust was settled by .15 of nn Inch of rain. During the past Bummer there were IS days during which the mercury register ed over 100, according to the gov ernment thermometer at the court house. The highest previous record was only 11 days above 100 during the entire summer. F, Lredo, Texas, Sept. 8. Mexican federal soldiers who made on attack yestenfay on an American airplane which they fired upon near here while It was patroling the 'border, but the' machine was within Mexican territory at the time, according to Mexican Consul Garcia of Laredo. The firing was unwarranted, he said, and done In the absence of the de tachment commander, and the case has been reported to the superior authorities for Instructions regarding the punishment of those guilty. Behind Actions of Foreign reservations proposed by the Ic Nary group. . ' Washington, Sept. 3. The senate today voted down an amendment by Senator LaFollete. to the land leas ing blllfc which would have author ized tho president to fix a;nd control prices of coal, oil, and other pro ducts derived from government lands leased under the measure. ' Washington, Sept. 3. President Wilson In his final conference with Senator Hitchcock, 'before departing on his tour to the Pacific coast, ex pressed confidence that the treaty would be ratified without amend ment or "destructive reservations." In his speeches the president will emphasize that delay in ratification was obstructive of legislation on ihe cost of living, the railroad question,' and reconstruction problems. Sen ator Hitchcock Is confident that the amendments will be defeated. WANT TO MAKE PEACE "Berlin, Sept. 3. The Russian bol shevikl have proposed peace nego tiations, following the rout ot their forces, which are now' reported to be surrounded, according to a report from the Lithuanian front. London. Sept. 3. Aiyt-bolsheviki forces hive occupied the southern outskirts of Kiev today, and fight ing continues. IS F. B. Barrlck, of Sucker creek. Is In the city to remain some time. Mr. Barriek's home Is on the Oregon Caves trail on the Holland side and he Is taking an interest in the Im provement of the road and trail. He has written to Senator Chamberlain several times about the matter and the senator 'has been at work with theforestry department. During the spring Mr. Barrlck placed a petition in a protected place on the trail and secured the signatures of more than a hundred visitors to the caves and with personal effort he secured on another petition enough signatures to bring the number to 300. - Mr. Barrlck has been living on the trail for the past 16 years and he hopes to see the wa'gon road extended and the trail Improved. T TO Washington, Sept. 3. X confer ence between capital and labor and agricultural Interests has been called by the president for the discussion of the present economic situation. It will be held at Washington between October 5 th and 10 th.' CARIMXAL MERCIEH SAILS Brest, France, Sept. 3. Cardinal Mercler, primate of Belgium, sailed for the United States today on the Northern Pacific. OLDSETTLERSEES BIG CHANGE IN CITY V. U. Cliairin I'sed to Plow Vim Where First Xatlonul Hunk Vow SUndsi Italiblcd In Mining F. (, Chapln, of Horse creek, was In town the other day transacting business at the courthouse. While waiting for wme Information that he wanted be sat down in a -chair and became somewhat reminiscent. He remarked that Grants Pass was somewhat different than be remem bered It when a boy. He said that as near as he , could recollect the First National bank stood In about the middle of his father's corn Held. In which he had tolled 44 years ago, and what was now Grants Pass was his father's farm. This be bought for 1900 from Ben Mensch. and later sold It to Lincoln Savage's father at a tremendous profit, receiving $1150. Later the railroad came through. and what Is now Grants Pass sold for seven or eight thousand dollars the old farm was olatted and things Were booming. But the rail road continued to go on and eventu ally the business went with It, as at that time there was nothing around here to maintain a' town except the men employed in the construction work on the railroad. At the time XIr. Cbapln'a father sold to Mr. Savage, the railroad was approaching Merlin and Chapin sen ior saw an opportunity for business at that town and went there and open ed up a general merchandise Btore, the same store now being conduct ed by Mr. Mitchell. It was one or the largest stores in Southern Ore gon and the stock of goods alone waa insured for 110,000, which In those times was a tremendous stock. But eventually Merlin, like Grants Pass, suffered . a relapse when the railroad continued on Its journey south, and the senior Chapin saw the hand writing on the wall and got out from under Just in time to save his hide.' Mr. Chapin Sr., then ' went nn Grave creek where he engaged in mining, which he continued for ten years, at which time he closed out with a profit of $16,000. However, he was like all miners and most of the early settlers, of a roving dispo sition, and never after was he able to avail himself of a nroflt-sharlni business with nature. He Is now 87 yeats old and nnusually rational. and lives with his son on Horse creek which Is a tributary of Jump-off-Joe. but If the old gentleman can be gotten Into a talkative mood he can tell many Interesting events of the early history of Josephine coun ty and Southern Oregon. Washington, Sept. 3. King Al bert and Queen Elizabeth or Belgium will arrived here about October 1st. They will be guests of President and Mrs. Wilson for probably three days. ARE ONLY PRODUCERS With a ready demand for Bartlett pears this year, ranging in price from $60 per ton for canning pears to $1.60 per box tor the better grade Rogue river ranchers are enjoying one of th best harvests tor several years. DeAnju pears will probably bring from $2.50 to $3 per box. Among other shippers who are sending fruit from the valley Is Douglas Wood, who shipped 3500 boxes or canning Bartletts to Salem, netting the growers $60 per ton. During the Bartlett season he has shipped about 10,000 boxes of pears, most ot the consignment going east. Mr. Wood . s now shipping out Winter Banana apples. . He will send three tars of this delicious truit to Dennis, Kimball & Polk, at New York, and later will ship to this firm about 20,000 boxes of winter apples Newton Pippins will sell for about $2' a box this year. . Owing to the prolonged drouth Mr. Wood says apples and pears did not mature this year except where Irrigated. WHOLE XUM.BEH 2780. SQCALISTS TO FOLLOW III SOVIET PATH ISitBAK IP OIJ) OKOAXIZATIOY AT CHICAGO AXO LAtXCH 'COMMI-M.ST LAUOB" PATTERN AFTER RUSSIAN REDS Emblem, Is Scythe and Hammer Snr rounded by Wreath of Wheat; to Terrorize Workmen Chicago, Sept. 3. Three hundred, representatives of the left wing fac tion of the national socialist party, which recently withdrew from the parent body, today organized the communist labor party of America and adopted the emblem ot the so viet republic ot Russia' with the mk to: "Workers of the World, Unite." The emblem consists of a scythe and ' hammer surrounded by a' wreath of wheat. A suggestion that a torch be added to the emblem was voted down. Delegate Zimmerman of Indiana" led a small minority who wanted the new organization christened the in dependent socialist party, but his suggestfon was overwhelmingly de feated. "I think the word communist will strike terror to the American work man, and we cannot succeed In this movement without this.' olomonf " said Delegate Zimmerman. "I will go as far In the revolutionary move ment as any man in this ball, but I think it unwise to adopt this name. We know that this country is not yet ripe for revolution. If it was, the name communist would be all right." Speakers urging the name adopt ed declared . that the term socialist had been discredited and that the term communist fittingly expressed the revolutionary objects of the new political patty. Tomorrow the party will adopt & constitution, which. It is said, will be largely patterned after that .of the soviet ot the republic of Russia. One of the first acts of the new party was to approve a plan for a general strike in the United States October 8 to compel the release ot Tom .Mooney, Eugene V. Debs and other alleged class w,ar prisoners. The new party claims to have rep resentatives from every state In the union attending its convention. It was decided to use phonograph re cords of "The International" and other Russian soviet songs to spread propaganda. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding the Immediate withdrawal of American troops from Russia and Hungary. AT EMIT MADE OX LIFE OF GOVEltXOK GEXEKAI, Tokio, Japan, Sept. 3. Advices from Seoul, the capital ot Korea, state that a bomb was thrown at Governor General Saito, and that 20 persons were wounded, including an American woman named Harrison, who ts believed to be a relative of Carter Harrison, former mayor of Chicago) Saito was not wounded. TELLER OPENS FIRE, Portland, Ore., Sept. 3. R. G. McConnell, assistant . teller of the Montavilla Savings bank, prevented a bank robbery by refusing to put un, his hands when two unmasked men entered the bank and covered him with a revolver at noon today. Mc Connell ran to the back room and secured a revolver and fired tit the robbers, who fled In an automobile.