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GRANTH I'AHH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
VOL. XIV., No. 40.
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Reykjavik, Nov. 9.—(T, -N.
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4 8.)—Iceland does not want to
4 be frozen out of Greenland.
Einar Benediktsson, famous
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4 Icelandic author, arranged a
♦ huge public meeting here to dis
4 cuss the question of her ancient
4 colony, and unanimous resolu
4 tions were passed declaring
FOlRTEEN'-YEAlt-OLD NIECE OF 4 that the Government must safe
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Various speakers insisted that
Iceland In no circumstances
could tolerate any arrangement
which would annul her title
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REHl'LTH STATE EMIGRATION
DIN AITO! NTH GREAT BRITAIN
London, Nov. 9.-—(A. P.)—The
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results of state emigration, for which
FORTH AB PRECINCTS MAKE
the government designed a scheme
REPORT*
LEAD NOW AMOUNTS TO 498
Error In Inofficial tonni In Multno
mah County Swings Favorable
Voto for Mnaaum
Fontland, Nov. 9 —(A. P. I—■Re
turn* from all but three precinct* In
the «tats this «fiemoon showed for
Sh« Incom« tax 58,582 and against
the tax 68,084, a majority for the tax
of 498. Three precincts ar« «till
mlaalng. on« each In Curry, L«ke and
Lincoln countie«.
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Portland, Or«., Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—-
Additional return« on the state in
come tax today again brought the
majority to the ye« colmun. With
24 precinct« missing the vote stood
for the tax 68,351, and against 68,-
010, a favorable majority of 341. Re
turns coming In thia morning and er
rors in th« Multnomah unofficial, dis
covered •« the official count started,
accounted for the reversal from the
earlier majority against the tax. The
mlaalng precinct« ar« Curry, on«;
Lake, on«; Lincoln, one; Malheur,
81. Seventeen counties are reported
complete official and fifteen complete
unofficial.
MEXKX) WILL OPEN FREE
FORTH DI KING MONTH
Mexico City, Nov. 9.—(A. P )—-
Two of the four free ports created
last year by presidential decree will
undoubtedly be opened for commerce
early tn November, it Is learned In
official quarters. They are Salina
Crus and Puerto Mexico. The other
two, Guaymas and Rincon Antonio,
will not be ready for some tiipe. At
Saiina Crus and Puerto Mexico the
work of enclosing the restricted areas
and port improvements Is progressing
rapidly. By means of these free
ports the government hopes to give
a great Impetus to the development
of the natural resource« of the coun
try, especially those of the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec.
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WASHINGTON BANK IS LOOTED
Bandits Get Away With $1400 From
Whiteman County
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Spokane, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—Rob
bers who blew open the safe of the
bank of Jobnaon, in Whitman coun
ty, early today escaped with 91400,
pursued by the citizens, exchanging
>Aot*. The robbers are believed to
be the same who attempted to rob the
bank at Thornton, Wash., on Wed
nesday night.
St. Louis, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—The
quality of life enjoyed by the farm
er's family is the best criterion for
judging the success or failure of
American farming, Dr. Kenyon L.
Butterfield, of Amherst, Mass., presi
dent of the American Country Life
association, said In an address here
before the organisation's convention.
The farm home Is the chief test of
successful farming, the heart and
center of satisfying country life, the
speaker said, and to perpetuate the
Industry it Is necessary to conservo
and develop American rural home
life.
"We need first of all a few great
centers of interest in the rural home
problem," Dr. Butterfield continued.
"Bchoola of rural home life must
form the nucleus of the educational
work. But these schools must con
ceive their function in Its broadest
aspect and they must understand
the needs and atmosphere of the
rural home. They will have to con
sider the community relationships
of the rural home.
"For a long time to come reliance
of assisted passages to the dominions
ha* been very disappointing, accord
ing to Lieutenant-Colonel Buckley,
chairman of the Overaeas Settlement
Committee.
Up to September 30 a total of 31,-
000 government aaslated emigrant*
had left Great Britain under the
scheme, thia number falling short of
the total it waa hoped to absorb by
some 60,000. Of the 31,000 who
availed themselves of the facilities of
the scheme, 23.000 travelled to Aus
tralia, 4,500 to New Zealand and
8,800 to Canada.
MUSCOVITES WILL GATHER
KNEW OF PLOT MONTH BEFORE
Roseburg Will Have Big Ceremonial She testified that the day that Mrs.
on Noveml>cr 17
Covell was slain she took the chil
Roseburg, Nov. 9.—Roseburg is
to be the mecca of Muscovites from
all over the state on November 17,
and on« of the best lodge ceremonials
ever presented In the southern part
of the state will, be held at that time.
Kremlin Baku, the stat« organization
of Muscovite«, and the only Indepen
dent Muscovite temple In tihe United
States, has «elected Roseburg for the
big Initiation ceremonial to be held
on the 17th, and over 500 members,
many of whom will be accompanied
by their wives or members of their
family, will visit the city on that day.
It Is expected that the Portland
police patrol team, the drill team
which took first prise at the grand
lodge at Coos B«y, will be present,
also the Grants Paa* team and band
and a temple team from Portland.
The lodgemen aro expected to
start arriving in the city early in the
morning of the 17th. During the day
they will participate In various stunts
and amusements on the streets, and
life qgowd will be constantly swelled
by arrival« from all parts of the
state. At 4:30 the Roseburg Mus
covite band will appear on the
streets and give a concert preceding
the banquet which «tarts at 5 p. m
At 7:30 the parade will be held
on the main streets. Lighted by col
ored flare« over 600 costumed Mus
covites and ladles will participate,
and with bands, drum corps and drill
teams, a very colorful procession will
be offered.
Following the parade the lodge
ceremonials will be held. The lady
Muscovites of Kremlin Rada, the
only temple of lady Muscovites in
the United States, will hold their in
itiation and ceremonial at the I. O.
O. F. temple.* The men will meet at
th« Armory where there is ample
room for the event« of the evening.
must be placed upon the more popu
lar method of discussing methods
and stimulating Interest, such as the
extension service of tho agricultural
college. I should like to see all our
farmers* organisations make the
farm home and Its full meaning to
the nation a big part of their pro
gram. I hope that government
agencies, educational and adminis
trative, will stress the significance
of aid to the farm home. I should
like to see education for the farm
home made a dominant part of the
work of schools and colleges that
have any responsibility whatever in
rural affairs.
"Of course It Is hopeless to main
tain a satisfying country life if, eco
nomically, farming is a losing ven
ture. A satisfying country life
means that there are people who like
to farm. In common with all other
men farmers resent injustice, and
they want a fair share of the product
of their toil. But more than that
they like the farm community, the
open spaces, the wonderful family
life.”
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UNITED STATES FAR BEHIND
Now Building Leas Than Any Mari-
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Would Be Carried Out—Helped
OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ORDER
land Also Slumps
Carry Body After Deed
Coquille, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—Lu-
die Covell, 14, niece of Arthur
Covell, testified today at his trial,
She admitted that she knew for a
month before Mrs. Ebba Covell's
death that Arthur was planning it.
She said, however, she did not be-
lieve the plan wouli be carried out.
WHOLE NUMBER XT««.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 19*2».
LESSEN
LARGE ERUPTION lefe.
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Gateway to the Oregon Caves
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Nov. 9.—(Special)—Waldo
Baker, of Grants Pass, sophomore in
commerce, was one of the members
of the Beaver Knights initiated into
the Intercollegiate Knights Saturday.
Tho installing officers were from the
chapter of the organization at the
University of Washington.
This
makes the seventh chapter of the or
ganization in the west.
Service to the alma mater was giv
en as the first duty of the knights
rather than the instruction of the
freshmen. Entertainment of visit
ing teams and guests, care of traffic
and ushering fall within the regular
duties of the knights.
REACH NEW CRISIS
MASONS TO OBSERVE DAY
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ALASKA SALMON PACK IH
0,000,000 CASES FOR 1923
Cordova, Alaska, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)
—The total salmon pack in Alaska
this year will exceed 5,000,000 cases,
it was estimated by E. M. Ball, as
sistant fisheries agent for South
eastern Alaska. Only two seasons
produced an output larger than that
of 1923, he said. A total of 5,922,-
330 cases were packed in 1917 and
6,877,569 in 1918.
This year’s large pack Mr. Eall
said, was due to Increased production
by canneries in Southern Alaska. In
the Bristol Bay district, Southwest
ern Alaska, the pack this year was
approximately 1,200,000 cases, com
pared to 1,474,221 last year, and In
Central Alaska the pack for 1923
was 914,000, compared with 1922's
total of 1,032,000.
London, Nov. 9.—(I. N. S.)—Con
struction of ships throughout the
world has reached the lowest total
figure recorded since 1913, according
to returns complied by Lloyd’s Regis
ter for the quarter ending September
30. The United States, the report
reveals is building* the smallest STOKES FAII/i SECOND
amount of shipping tonnage of any
TLME TO GET DIVORCE
maritime nation in the world, while
England, despite the fact that her ♦
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ship construction is less at present i 4 —W. E. D. Stokes today, for 4
than at any time in the last 14 years, 4 the second time, failed in his 4
is leading the world in shipbuilding 4 efforts to divorce Mrs. Stokes.
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The total amount of tonnage nom
Mrs. Earle E. Voorhies will leave
inally under construction throughout
the world is 2,377,697 tons. This tomorrow afternoon for San Fran
figure, however, includes 325,000 cisco where she will join Mr. Voor
tons on which work has been sus hies, who is employed as copy-reader
pended, so that construction work is and head writer on the San Fran
actually proceeding on only 2,052,- cisco Chronicle.
697 tons. This is less by 1,393,851 "tankers"'are being built in Great
tons than the pre-war record Of Britain.
3,446.558 tons on June 30, 1913.
Construction of ships propelled by
In Great Britain a total tonnage of internal combustion engines also is
1,029.000 is actually under construc on the increase, the figures showing
tion. Nominally Great Britain is that the tonnage of vessels of this
building approximately 1,271,195 type now being built is 460,868. or
tons of ships, but construction work more than 24 per cent of the steam
on 242,000 tons of this has been sus- ' tonnage under construction.
pended.
Twenty-eight ships of between
The startling contrast between 10.000 and 20,000 tons are being
shipbuilding in England and in the built in the world, and 10 vessels,
United States is emphasized by the with a tonnage exceeding 20,000.
revelation that America's total ton The total number of ships, exclud
nage of vessels under construction ing vessels not actually started and
is only 99,383. England, it will be all those of less than 100 tons, now
seen, Is building 1,171,812 tons under construction in the world is
more ships than the United States. 341.
Great Britain, as a matter of fact is
Although England leads the world
shown by the report to be building in total tonpagp nftw building there
more than half the total tonnage of has been a sharp falling off in ship
ships now
under
construction building activities in the United
throughout the world.
Kingdom during reent months. Ton
Next to England, Germany is most nage launched in England and Ire
active in the matter of ship construc land during the three months end
tion. In Germany and Danzig 345,- ing September 30 amounted to only
985 tons are being built. Italy is 66,474 as compared with 239,873
next with 145,423 tons, and then fol during the second quarter of the
lows France with 142,660 tons; Hol year. Work was started on only 29
land with 104,491 tons, and the vessels, while during the quarter
United States, with its total of less ending June 30 construction work on
than 100,000 tons.
77 vessels was inaugurated. In the
The importance of oil as a water March quarter 131 ships were be-
borne commodity is emphasized by gun.
the figures in Lloyd's report show
ing that 28 ships, with an aggregagte
tonnage of 178,590, are being built,
throughout the world to transport
oil in bulk.
Fourteen of these
dren from the house, that Alton
went Into the house and she heard a
struggle. Later she helped to carry
the body from the kitchen into the
front room. She said she knew there
was ammonia in the house.
She displayed remarkable self con BULL FIGHTING IS NOT
trol on the stand. Dr. Fred Covell,
LIKELY TO DIE OVT
widower, was cross-examined this
morning.
Madrid, Nov. 9.— (A. P.)—There
seems to be little danger of bull
fighting dying out as the national
sport of Spain, for some years at
least. Although the people of Mad
rid and other cities have become
Heven Schools in Olinola Valley Arc somewhat bored because of the poor
Considering Move
quality of the contests recently and
despite stronger competition from
other sports, the construction of a
School consolidation is gaining in now bull ring of much larger dimen
popularity In the county and an at sions than the present one is pro
tempt Is now being made In the D- ceeding.
llnols valley to unite seven districts
Into one for high school purposes.
The boundary board received a pe
tition bearing signatures of reel
dents of the section, asking that this! North an«l South Troops Meet—Can-
be accomplished with Kerby as the
ton I'nder Martial Law
location of the. high school.
Those
districts which wonld be affected
Canton, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—A
are Holland, Payne. Spence, Central, crisis in the conflict between the
Selma, Hunt and Kerby. The boun northern and southern Chlnesf troops
dary board set December 5 as the in Kwanghung province haB been
date of tho hearing on the proposi reached, apparently. Canton is un
tion and any opposition that piay de der martial law. The troops of the
velop to the plan should materialize Sun-Yat-Sen, South China leader,
have been surrounded by the forces
at that meeting.
Kerby is regarded as the logical of General Chan-Chiung-Miug at
point for the union high school. At Sheklung.
the present time Kerby has a high
school building, the only one tn that
part of the county. It is understood,
however, that If the plan goes
through as contemplated that a Father and Son Week Brings Pro-
gram Next Tuesday Evening
building may be erected to house
the upper grades. Indications point
Every Mason and visiting Mason
to the success of the consolidation
in tho county is expected to be at the
at the present time.
lodge rooms next Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock and to bring with him
DR. WELLINGTON KOO
DR. LOUIS VAN BOEKEL
his son. Those not having sons are
to "borrow” some boy for the even
ing and take him to the entertain
ment which is to be for tho observa
tion of Father and Son week. A
program has been prepared and fol
lowing this a luncheon will be
served. Those In charge are getting
ready for a record attendance as
much prominence is being given to
the Father and Son movement,
The DeMolay band will be on hand
to dispense music during the affair.
Landa Gillette, master councilor of
the local chapter of the DeMolay or
ganization, will give a talk, repre
senting the sons.
Following this
talk the high school quartet will sing
several selections. L. M. Mitchell
will then sympathize with the
Masons who were unable to bring
their own eons for the occasion.
Edw. W. Miller will then represent
the fathers in an address directed at
the boys. The program In the audi
torium will close by everybody join
ing in singing "America."
After the program, luncheon will
be served. This Is being prepared
by members of the Eastern Star. Act
ing as toastmaster, H. D. Norton
will call upon Gardner Knapp, who
Dr. Louie Van Boakal, minister of
Dr. Wellington Koo has resigned will respond with "To Dad"; Dr. C.
as foreign minister of China because B. Marks, "To Son”; R. K. Hackett. the Interior In the Belgian cabinet,
hie action on tho bandit outragea waa "To Mother”; Sam Baker, "To Sis who le In tho United States In tho In
terest* of tho League of Nations.
not satisfactory to tho foreign powers. ter”,
SCHOOLS MAY CONSOLIDATE
Paris. Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—
The council of ambassadors
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♦ German revolt situation In Ba-
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London. Nov. 9.—(I. N. S.)—Eng
land's great cotton industry is face
to face with a crisis that threatens
its very existence.
Due to high costs of raw cotton
and increasing demand for cotton
products , it is very conservatively
estimated that the cotton Industry of
England has suffered losses of nearly
8500,000,000 since the present trade
depression started.
In the great cotton manufactur
ing districts of Lancashire there is
great unemployment and depression
and there appears to be a disposit
ion to throw some of the blame on
America, for its failure to lower the
cost of raw cotton.
"The American Cotton Growers, in
spite of the restricted demand, have
been able to command a good price
for their product, and doubtless have
made their profits, it not the war
profits,” declares a report of the Am
algamated Association of Card and
Blowing Room Operatives. "In spite
of the reduced demand American cot
ton is still about three times the pre
war price, and there does not appear
to be much prospect of any relief in
that direction”.
Arthur Preston, who recently made
a tour of the cotton belt of the United
States, reported to the International
Cotton Federation that the United
MUNICH VPRIHING PI T DOWN
AND LUDENDORFF TAKEN
PRISONER
LITRE TROUBLE EXPERIENCED
Federal Troops Have No Difficulty In
Taking Leaders of Move
Against Republic
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Berlin. Nov. 8.—(A. P.)—Gen
eral Ludendorff and Adolph Hitler,
leaders of the Bavarian revolt, have
been captured by the federal troops.
Latest advices from Munich indicate
that the Bavarian dictator Von JCahr
and the reichswehr commander. Von
Losaow, are now identified with Lu
dendorff, Hitler and Putsch. The
coup appears to be wholly confined
to the Munich brew house where it
was staged.
Berlin, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)—The
outbreak in Munich has been sup
pressed. Former Chief von Poedner,
one of the leaders of the movement,
who had been appointed one of the
governors of Bavaria, has been ar
rested. General Ludendorff, who
was proclaimed military dictator,
and Adolph Hitler, who declared him
self chancellor of Germany, have
barracaded themselves in the min
istry of war which is surrounded by
the troops. All other buildings are
held by the regular Bavarian govern
ment under Premier Von Knllllng.
The reischswehr le tayal-to the Berlin
government.
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In a speech at: Munich yesterday.
Hitler declared ”1 propose ,t* take>
direction of the- provisional govern
ment, of the German empire until the :
moment when the treaty which is
precipitating Germany into ruin, ha«
been abolished.
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General Ludendorff said: "I am
going to raise the black, white and
red flag throughout Germany, includ
ing the Rhine.”
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Paris, Nov. 9.—(A. P.)— A semi
official statement by the French for
eign office through the Havas agen
cy, shows the French government in
sists upon the limitations to the ex
pert reparation Inquiry which have
been rejected by Secretary of State
Hughes.
States is tiot able to produce cotton
on a commercial basis low enough
for the purchasing power of the con
sumer in England and abroad. Pres
ton further declared that the worlds
i cotton industry is faced with a serious
shortage of raw material, and that
the United States is not likely to be
able to produce for some years to
come anything like the quantity
which would enable manufacturers
to supply the quantities required,
if a normal demand for cotton should
set in.
The crisis is attacked from an en
tirely different angle by J. W. New-
bold, Communist member of Parlia
ment, who declares that the cotton
magnates have Indulged In a “colos
sal swindle” and have unloaded stock
in their factories on the small Invest
ors, with full knowledge that the cot
ton industry in England was on a
rapid decline.
Remedies galore have been sug
gested for the pitiful condition of the
cotton trade, the chief suggestion
being that cotton growing shall be
encouraged and increased in the Em
pires dominions.
While remedies are being consid
ered. however, conditions In the in-
dustry are fast approaching those
pitiful conditions which arose during
the great cotton famine.