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GERMANY'S SPY COMPENSATION
SYSTEM SKILLED ACTS UPHELD BY
IN ITS CUNNING SUPREMECOURT
War's Most Wonderful Thing in Way
of Skill and Forethought Is Teu
tonic Espionage All England
Knows Spies Did for Kitchener and
Look at Explosions In America.
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSEL. -WASHINGTON', March 6. The
-WASHINGTON', Jinrch C The first compulsory workmen's compen
Fronch 75 Bud German 42-ceutiiuetor Eaton or Industrial insurance law
guns are wonderful Inventions and that o( Wa8hlngton slBtc to come
toe war is run 01 oiner wonuom ui
mon'e Ingenuity, but tlio most won
derful thing In tho way of akili, foro
thought and cunning is tliu (lorinun
vyateni of spies.
In the early days of the war It
gave folk the creeps; it was weird and
uncanny. Mankind has been too
busy to keep track of these marvels,
but if tliore could be compiled a full
nnd true account of thoiu they would
tttnUn flnhnrlnn n, iltivhniiv nlttrt Hint
ever dealt In those ocult Imaginings i
look Uko a plkor. '
Spies Kvoi-j-wliorc.
You couldn't toll who might turn
out to bo a German spy; your butch
er, of the fellow working next to you
In your shop.
Thoro wns not an entente country
that did not swarm with German
agents.
In Pails, tho popular, gonial pro
prietor of one of tho best known ho
tols rigged up a signal station on the
roof of his hotel and was caught
sending messages to von Kluck's
army.
In Liege, Naniur, Llllo and I.lix
emffourg, German agents were work
ing as well behaved chauffeurs and
storo clerks.
In a string of English towns on
or near tho cast coast, men kept car
rlor pigeons that left for Germany
dally with Intimate reports of what
was going on.
flplos watched every coi ner in Ens
land. At the outset ot the wnr tin.':'
Uopt up a lino of communication to
Germany by way of tho Holland
steamers, Hollnnd, and although the
best detective skill wns employed on
tho mystery, months passed bol'oro It
was revealed nnd women that wero
tho most nctlvo agents wore arrest
ed. Code Messages.
A. sudden examination of news
paper and ninga.lne mnll passing
out of England revealed ono day
about 20 mngazlnvs neatly rollod up
and addressed to neutral countries, In
which a very sharp knlfo had cut out
a part of tho interior pageB. into
tho llttlo aperaturos thus niado Blips
of tissue paper covered with codo
words had been deftly inserted. It
was this discovery, mndu when the
war was eight months old, thnt com
pelled the English authorities to
adopt rigid examination of all mull
matter.
Spies are still at work In spite of
extraordinary precautions. Nothing
Is said about It in public, hut It is
well known to Insiders In London
thnt spies did for Lord Kitchener.
Ills sailing wns secret. Not an Eng.
llsh newspaper knew of It. Hut the
ever present spy found It nut and cnt
the word through and tho waiting
submarine sank the Hnmpshlro.
Activities in America.
Ilesldes the spy activities, England
was Btrungely beset nt tho outbreak
of tho wnr with a series of uncanny
manifestations in which attempt were
mndu by mysterious persons to blow
up bridges, destroy railroad lines, at
tack unsuspecting guards anil menace
water supplies.
Now look. In 15 days in this coun
try there wero reported an attempt
lo blow up tho Poughkecpsle bridge,
one to destroy the (.'roton aqueduct,
ono to cut cables off Coney Island,
ono to blow up part of tho water sup
ply of lirooklyn. to sny nothing of
the attempt to bum down New Brit
ain. Wo have besides, a long list of ex
plosions at munition and other work;;,
from llethleheiii Steel to Illnck Tom.
Are these the works of cranks, or
Ik there some extraordinary kind of
mind stirred to such thlnss by the
current popular Interest Or what Is
tlio explanation of these Jumpv
things?
FKAXKl-'OKT. Kv March fi.
The Kentucky slate .ennte today
adopted a resolution condcmninir the
Action of I'm'ti'd Stales senators who
prevented n vole la-l week in the up
per house ot' congress on the nnned
Ueulruiity bill. .
Washington, New York and Iowa
Compulsory Industrial Insurance
Laws Sustained Clause In Tariff
Laws Granting Discount In Duties
on Imports He'd Unconstitutional.
bofore the supreme court, was up
hold today as constitutional.
The court also airirmcd stato do
urees compolliiB the Mountain Tim
ber company of Kalarua, Wash., to
contribute to tho Btato compensation
for insurance fund.
Tho decision ns to the constitution
ality of the law wns by a voto of rive
to four, Chief Justice White and Jus
tice McKonna, Vnndevonter and Mc-
"W"1""' dissenting.
The court also affirmed dismissal
by lower federal courts of personal
injury suits of August Hay, tlundor
iMorgard and William Raymond of
Seattle against common carriers. The
lower courts hold that tho employes
could not invoke the federal em
ployers liability net, but wero subject
to tho Washington statute.
WASHING! ON, March 0. The
Iowa workmen's compensation law,
voluntary upon employers, was today
upheld as constitutional by the su
premo court.
Ship Trust Loscti.
WASHINGTON, March C Tho su
preme court today sustained a Judg
ment In a suit by Thoinscn and com
pany, Now York shippers ngnlust Sir
Charles K. Cnyser and other British
shipowners, for treble damages under
the Sherman liuv for alleged combi
nation of steamship shipping to
South Africa in 18!l.
Tariff Involved.
WASHINGTON, March C Tlio
clause In tlio tariff law granting n
flvo per rent dircount In duties on
Imports brought In American ships
or ships of nations with which the
United Stales has favored-nut Ion
treaties, was annulled today as un
constitutional by the supreme court.
Through Justico Holmes the court
hoM that tho discount clnuso. de
signed to aid In upbuilding the
American merchant marine was In
operative altogether becnuso It con
flicted with existing treaties. It was
hold inapplicable both to Amorlcan
vobsoIb and lo those of twenty-two
foreign nutlons having treaties.
Apiwm (Hse Decided.
WASHINGTON, March C British
claimants of tho German prize ship
Appam at Newport, Va., today won
tliolr suit in tho supremo court to re
gain possession of tho vossol and
cargo.
FORTY-SEVEN MILES OF
ROAD IN CRATER PARK
The last annual report of Will (i.
Steel, supervisor of '.'rater Lake Nat
ional park, has recently been receiv
ed from Washington. After outlin
ing the history or tho park, Mr.
Steel reports as follows:
About 17 miles of excellent dirt
roads have been thus far construct
ed in the park under the direction of
the secretary of war. About 22 mlle.'i
ot tills Is from Cloud ;a,i on the east
ern side of the rliu to a point just
south of I.lao Hock on the western
side of tho rim, thus leaving, but 12
miles to complete the circle of the
lake, which later it Is hoped will be
finished during the season of 1!!7.
thus affording one of the most wildly
beautiful automobile drives In the
world. The roads thus far built have
had ample time to settle, and It Is
now proposed to pave them, which
work should he completed in about
three years.
In addition to the roads built, a
system of trails has been outlined
that will appeal Irresistibly to visl
tors who delight In nandeiin;; over
the bluffs, through the forests, and
into uncanny spots where goblins
dnnrn by night nnd shadows linger
by day. Chief among these Is one to
be constructed to tho summit of
Mount Scott on the enst side of the
lake, on a grade that enn subsequent
ly bo widened for automobile use
When this is done, ono can ride In
comfort to a point soma :i 0 0 0 feet
above the waters of the lake and
nearly MI00 above the plains of east
ern Oregon, over both of which the
eye can wander. Intoxicated with the
glory of a view from the Columbia
river region on the north to the
mountains of California on the south
mini.
FIRST PICTURE OF AMERICAN
ypi '-fv Xtj f, fs i
I'irst pictures of Mrs. Mtir.v Hoy, loft, and her daughter, Elizabeth, of Chicago, the American women whose
lives were lost when the Cunurd liner Luconin, was lorjiedoed by n (lermnii submarine, nn event which is regard
ed its the "overt not," which would cause wnr between Ihe I'niled Slnles nnd Oennnny. American Consul
l'ro'it nt OMiccnstown lias reported both American women died ns u direct result of exposure in nn open boat
which had been partially swamped in Inuiirliiii!;. The bodies of the women were buried nt sen.
Austin Hoy, son of Mrs. Hoy, has cabled President Wilson n l-ccpiest Unit Ihe deaths of his mother and sister
be avenged and that he be allowed to serve his country. If the deaths ore not avenged, he says, he will "seel;
u man's chance under another Ila;;?''
FI
I'AKIS, March (I. The fijrhtiiifr in
(he region of Cnuriercs wood and
Dotuiumont, northeast of Verdun,
continued last night. The Germans
made an attempt to drive the French
from the trenches, the hitler recap
tured yesterday. Tin war office an
nounced today that this effort failed.
ISKKLIN, March (i. The (Icrnian
lines east of Ilouclinvesnos, north of
lYronno. on the Somme front, were
attacked hist niuht by the llritish af
ter violent artillery preparation. The
atlaek was repulsed, tinny heiuUiiar
tcrs nnnounccd today, and other Brit
ish attempts frustrated by the Cler
ukiii fire.
PAGE WIRE BRIDGE
ACROSS ROGUE RIVER
Curry county can boast of having
Its first bridge ncvons Itogno river,
which lo the longest wire fence sus
pension foot bridge ever built.
This suspension foot bridge is
nrross Roguo river at ARiier.s. Curry
county, Oregon, nnd is the longost
of its kind In ihe world, being ti U 0 1
feet over all nnd composed entirely
of three stranda of Page Wire fence.
Two 5S Inch fences are stretched
across tho river to form tho sides and
are connected at tho bottom by a
:tG Inch fence, which forms tho floor
m which are lulcl the cross stringers'
and walk boards. Tho main span
across the river is ".SO feel between!
the piers and the '.vail; boards are G'-'. I
feet above low vacl. i
The wire w a : brought up the river'
from Gold ll.'.i.li. thirty miles distant;
by motor bo. 'I. Tho money and 1.1-,
bor wore donat-id by the local cltiv.
cns. The snecmj of the uudertaUiiM
was largely duo to tlio co-oporatioa
of N. V. Macdut;' of Grants Pass, sup
orvi.v.v- of Sls;l on National fo:-t.
and Ranger It. S. Helm of Asness.
Oadil s & Dixoi. of Mcdiord, Oregon.
Pack'le coast rtr-.'-inntors of rae
wire fence, su.-plitd the fence. guM--ante-M
the st ibi'ity of seme an 1 i ir
nishe 1 a ina'i to direct its in . taxa
tion. Jackson co'iiit;. has scores of ll-.ce
Pago toot bri igcy of various ',cci;iiis
which have bee i in use for r.".'rai
years.
womkx who i win; k.vhi.v
llow often we hear the expression.
"Hod she has faded!" or "Hasn't she nc voM design. We fontiire the cn
grown old!" Her friends see it. Herl'',u l, e 1 trnscan, Olnirni.ml, Chan
husband sees It. She realizes it her-1 tl'.ly end Kairfns patterrs In s'crling.
self with a pang Often she knows' We also carry to tlorhoi Plated
the reason, some female derangement ! ' paiterns in knives, f 'rus nu l
has fastenrd Itself Hipon her nnd
ni.tkea It almost impossllde for her
to drag around from day to dav Such
women should remember there is one
tried and true remedy tor their con
dition, and that I .yd la H. riiikhnin's
Vegetable t'otiijinnud for more than
forty years lias been retoriny wom
fll to liealth and happiness. -J'rv it!
WOMEN WHOSE DEATHS IN LACO KIA
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3Stys
LAST BRIDGE BILL
SA1.EM, Or., March (i. Governor
Withycombe has signed house hill No.
'i75, providing for Ihe construction of
the bridge by .Marion and l'olk conn-
lies across the Willamette here, nnd ;
simultaneously with the affixing of
the executive's signature lo the mens- J
ure it became a law, lor it earned nn
emergency clause.
This is tile bill which was missing
for several days after the session ad
journed end which was finally found
by Chief Clerk Dinger with several
other liills. Between the two counties
a controversy has raged over the type
of biidge to he constructed, and the
bill provides that if they cannot
agree the highway commission may
settle the dispute. lo!k county offi
cials fought the passage of the bill,
and whether or not they will now at
tack it in tlic courts is not known
here.
Money has been appropriated by
both counties for the bridge and its
construction is imperative, for the old
structure is, out of commission. More
TO CONQUER
An Unruly
iStomach
TRY
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
It Help? Nature Wonderfully
I'.KTTKU AMI
l..i;i.i:it Til AX KVF.P.
Is inv stock of Sterling Silvers n( .
every piece of standard niaKe and
spoons, which lias more silver on
than any silver pattern made.
Send us your mail orders.
Martin J. Reddy
The Jeweler.
House of Qualltv. Visitors Al-
Mis Yi,,Miie. I'or I Tiuif. Phono
1".
DISASTER MAY CAUSE WAR
o
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or less of a (iiestion has been raised
whether or not the presentation oi" the
hill to the governor after the adjourn
ment of the session xvould be legal,
i but the governor decided to ignore it,
and if l'olk county officials desire to
test it, they must now resort to the
courts.
1 New York and Iowa.
WASHINGTON. March C. New
York's compulsory , workmen's com
pensation law was sustained as .gen
erally constitutional by the supremo
court today.
WHILE retaining all , Without "any unduu pre
those qualities that sure you are assured abs
have characterized and lute comfort and freedom
famed Gossard corsets in ' of movement because the
past seasons, incy stride a Uossard secret of scientific
new note in corsctry a 1 boning assures the most
subtle change that is re-lDerfect stnmort w-linr I
fleeted in a more dclicatclv
...
beautiful outline and in an
even more graceful flat back. '
Youth is the keynote in the '
style of these new Gossard
models.
This is the
Thirty-second Announcement and Proclamation of
Gossard Corset Styles for Spring and Summer, 1917
The new models vary in height of bust and length of skirt as
they should to meet the individual requirements of the various
figure types, but the general tendency is toward less corset, lower
bust and shorter skirts with a smaller waistline nAr,LA U
skillful designing rather than actually expressed.
hmmm
STATE STANDARD
An effort is being mudo lo biflng u
largo per cent of the schools up to
the requirements for an Oregom stan
dard Rch'ool. A serios of lllcstruted
talks will be given lu different parts
of the county in which slIdcB of some
standard schools of remote vans of
Oregon, also a few from Jackson
county will be shown. All but a few
of the schools of tho county Bhould
bo able to meet these requirements
and by tho end of this term ive hope
to report at least ninety por cent on
the roll of honor. Schools meeting
tho requirement since the first of
tho year arc:
District 01, Galls Creek Toaclr,
Miss Maudo Miller, Gold Hill.
District 8, VoJley View Teae'hcr,
W. II. Ashcraft, Ashland.
District 62, Pino Grove ToOchor,
Mrs. 'Harriet MUthorn,. Koguo Hiver.
District 32, Foots Creek 'Poacher,
Mrs. Bertha MclClnney, Rogue Klvor.
(District 21, North Phoonix Toach
or, Miss Alice Cromar, Medford, R. 4.
District 87, lUttle Applegoto
Teacher, Miss Iarl Gould, . liutte
Foils.
A writing contest has been under
way in Jackson county for some time.
Papers showing the best skill of each
student are sent each month to the
superintendent's offico and at the
close of tho contest prizes will be
awarded students making tho great
est improvement during the year.
A. N. Palmer, author ot tho stato text
will aid In Judging the papers. Much
interest Is being shown by both teach
ers and pupils. Many teachers who
had not previously completed tho
course or wbo did not take it, -aro en
rolling for the freo course being of
fered by the A. N". 1'almcr company.
Spelling aiid composition aro re
ceiving attention by means of con
tests also.
County Judge F. L. Tou Velio pro
claimed Friday, -February 23, Arbor
day for Jackson county, Severe
storms made it impossible to plant
trees, shrubcry, etc., on that day, but
in many cases appropriate exercises
woro hold and tho yards will be made
more beautiful later by the udditlon
of desirable planting.
J. C. Morris of Portland Is lu the
I city for a few days on business.
07ie TVeW
O0 SAM
for Sp
nna
r t -
needed; proper brcathinc
is induced and the whole
body thrown into the
healthful poise advocated
by your physician.
Be fitted today to one of the mary m0li,.ti d ; j ,
our fisurc type at ..O0. :.0, S.i.50, JS4.25, 00 d
up- An cipert corscticrc wlio unjtrnanjt rour cortot
obh6roa.W Cm " PlC"UrC ' St " ithou'
The May Co.
EAT WITHOUT FEAR
UI I lUIULv I Iwl I VII
Instant Holier! 'Tape's IHupcpslu"
Ends Your Stomach I'isti-ess.
Try It!
Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion of tlio food did tlis
damage; do you? Well, don't both
er. If your stomach is in a revolt; it
sick, gassy and upset an. I whut you
just ate has fermented and turned
sour; head dizzy and aches; belch
gases and acids and eructate undi
gested food; breath foul, tongue coat
ed Just take a little Pape's Dlapep
aln to help neutralize acidity and In
five minutes you wonder what bo
came of the indigestion and distr. is.
Millions of men and women today
know that It is needless to have dys
pepsia. A little Dlupepsin occasion
ally keeps tlio stomach swe'ijoned
and they oat thoir favorite foods
without fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care
of your llboral limit without rebel
lion; if your food is a damage In
stead of a help, remember tlio quick
est, surest, most harmless relief is
Pape's Dlapepslu, which costs only
fifty cents for a largo case at drug
stores. It's truly wonderful It stops
fermentation and acidity and sets
things straight, so gently and easily
that It Is roally astonishing.
Black Silk StnvD Pnllith
indifferent. It tlofsi rwtt I
dry out: con bo uicd to the I
lout drop: liquid u'nl nuyts I
ono quntitv; Blot-itely no 9
W.iste; no (hint orrtirt. You I
get your money ' worth.
Stove Polish
Is not only mnr t rtrmomWI, hilt It pivf? a brit!i.
ant. iiiLvluMre "t - t t?i;:iioi t; ! i;-il wniiaur
o r.er p hi. Ul-.rk l-ill: Kiovj 1'ulh.h rio not
ru'i -ff - :t utt four lir;c a." Irjit an ordinary
potiih - so i: B-iveayou !..!:, work oml money.
Don t lorctft wtim yon
wnnl f'j'.'i: imli'li, iMfurr- to
H--Ui"jrlilcl;SHk. If ititm't
t'i"li; s: piivoiyil!b you cvit
cvd -yrrtlralJrwilland
iuur money. V4
Elack S. k Stove Pollih
Works, tcrlinfi,fltnoU.
ttlacfc Silk A'r Drying
Ifon 1'tiiir.irl ,-ni rth'ci, rnt
f ct :-i,c',ivt.-iiV8, u.-.i!i-iilo-nt-liiio
lira ri; iB. Truvtots
Hi .'-'.;:;:. T;y it.
ll-u ntarl; SI'k bletol PnU
i.-.Mji': uvc.-v..n), nickel .tin
w;t'ii or L.-r.n. It worl;s
;i':::ly. cai y ttnd ter.vtm n
!i.;ij;-;t r.t:r.ra?n, U him no
ioruiicon nutoniobilcs.
it, ia
IN EVERY YlvlS
DROP" I "tW"
Black SflkStnvcPoUsh 1 . ffm
lt different. It tloesi not fct-ff
dry out: con bo uwl to the Iv?! -JZ
m I
pi
Ideal f
4 7f-"rcy M'V1