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Path - - mv mm r u VOU Xii, 111. " . ' , J, I 1 GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TVVMUAY, MARCH 11, 1910. WHOLE Kl'MUKR 2012. 1919 season J YEAR MIKSTIHTH HAY IMTII 13 A.1 17 YKAH IN'NI'X.TH WILL VIIT I'NITKD HTATF.H IK JUKE "Ltxni-t Year" Have lUvn Periods of IhTMl, but Ravagi Cita lie Checked by Sf (nco Washington, Mar. 11. Great warms of Ilia 17-year locust will In feit the ITnlted States In late May and early June of this year, which U expected by scientists to be one of the worst "locmt years" on record. Experts of the department of agri culture, however, see nothing- alarm ing In the prospect. Once regarded suporstitlously aa a harbinger of disaster, the periodical clrsda, popularly known aa the 17 year locust because It comes at long Intervals, la aeon now to be no more than an ordinary non-poisonous In sect pest, which can do little damage If proper precautions are taken. The chief Injury Inflicted by the Insect consists almost wholly In chiseling grooves In the branches of trees for depositing eggs. Young fruit trees sometimes are killed, but the dam age generally seems greater than It actually Is, according to the entomol ogists, and popular alarm la out of proportion to the real danger. Suggested precautionary measures are: Defer putting out young fruit trees until next year; postpone budding operations', do no pruning this pring. When the Insects begin coming out, hand pick them from yonng trees or spray them with pyrethrum powder, kerosene emulsions, or a so lution or carbolic arid or acetic acid. v later, when the Insects are ready to begin laying, apray young fruit trees with whitewash. The .department of agriculture has kept cloae check for many years of all the broods of locusts and ran forecast accurately when and where the pests will appear. Large regions will be affected this year where one brood appeared 17'yeara ago and In other reglona which suffered It years ago, the states Including Ala bama, District of Columbia, Dela ware, Georgia, lllnols, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, . New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wiscon sin, Belief that the 1919 brood will lie (Continued on page 4) FRENCH COLLEGES HIT Paris, Mur. 11. That French In tellectual classes have paid In lives to a fearful extent In the war was disclosed In the casualty returns now being analyzed according to profes sions, Is stated In the Paris journal Intransigent. The records show that 6,227 Frenchmen prominently engaged In educational pursuits have been killed on the battlefield. , Paris alone, the, paper, adds, has lost 3,378 students of different uni versities' and Colleges, besides 350 journalists and men of letters. Tho figures for provincial vFrance are not yet available, but they are said to be very large. ' Since August 2, 1914, most of Trance's great educational . institu tions have been practically closed down, only a few elderly professors and a limited number of, younger men, physically unfit for military -service, -remaining to keep the lamji of knowledge burning. ., WILL BE WORS LOCUST HARD BY THE GR OLCOTT ADVERSE TO HIGH SALARIES lUxliH'tloti of Ntnte tapeum Willi Uivator Kffk-lcnry Ills W&U-ltwonl. Irmle lliMlneaa Administration Salem, Ore., Mar. 12. By the not unexpected death of Governor James Wlthycombe there has been wrought a complete revolution In slate admin istration. Hen Olcott becomes gov ernor and retains bis former position as head of state department. He will have two votes on the state board of control of three members, the other being State Treasurer Iloff. Besides having about 109 un signed bills loft for blm to dispose of, Governor Olcott has scores of Important appointments to make, and will have to take a hand In shap ing up the reconstruction policies of the state Involving expenditures of millions. By a strange Irony of fate he wilt have the appointment of a Lieutenant Governor to make If the people ratify that proposition at the polls June S. - Chances are now that will be one appointment he will not have to make as the voters have twice turn ed down bills to create the office, and republicans who were so anxious to crack the bill through under -whip and spur of party discipline will be just as anxious to defeat the enact ment of the bill at the polls. So we may look for the measure to be de feated by larger majorities than ever. On the matter of cresting new offices and boards and commissions and in creasing salaries Olcott Is conserva tive and advised against lot of proposed jobs and opposed Increasing the salary, of his own office. While not a radical In matter of consoli dating boards and commissions, It Is well known he does not favor fhe general program of expansion of of fice holding. ". The new state treasurer agrees with the new governor In Injecting more business and less politics Into every phase of state affairs, and will work closely with Olcott to lopp off unnecessarlet and hold down overhead and try to secure a dollar's worth of service for every dollar of taxpayer's coin. The state for the (Continued on page I.) E New York,- Mar. 11. The steam ship Mount Vernon has arrived here with former New York . national guard troops. The ship also brought casual companies, Including 281 Ore gon troops. CREEL TO RETIRE . New York, Mar. 11. George Creel has arrived here from Europe. He announces bis Intention to return .to private life. 4 44-f4444 4444 44444 4 HHP. MANN DECLINES, . ' ; 4 ' . ' MONDKLL 18 CHOSEN 4 '" - ' i 4 4 Washington, Mar. 11. Kep- 4 4 resentatlve Frank Mondoll, of 4 Wyoming, has been chosen re- 4 4 publlean tloor loader of the 4 4 noxt house, after Representative 4 4 Mann, of Illinois, , .who ,. was 4 4 elected to the position, on-the 4 4 first ballot,, had declined -to ac- 4 4 cept. , ... ... .' 4 EBHT TOWNS' VOTE-TO Boston, Maes., Mar.. 11. Of H town's voting yesterday "on issuing liquor licenses, eight changed from dry, to wet. , fhe wets claim a pro test against,, the national amend tnent ....The dr say the result .of the , vote was duo to apathy on the mrt of the drys. DRAFT OF PEACE TREATY TO BE SIGNED THIS IVIONTH Lloyd George Says Conference Pope Benedict Sonnds Warning and Urges Haste. German Troops Demolish Spartacan Strongholds London, Mar. 11. The Evening News says that Lloyd George has sent word that the peace conference has nearly completed Its work. The draft of the peace treaty Is finished and will be signed by the end of March. . It Is announced here that the Brit ish government will ' not protest against the Irish resolution adopted by the American congress. Berlin, Mar. 11. Pope 'Benedict has addressed an appeal to the Dow ers, emphasizing the uraency of a speedy conclusion of peace wlthvQer- many. The pope's attitude became known here today. He aays the sit- HOLKMKVIKg EXECUTE FOUR RAM DIKES AT PETHOGRAl) Copenhagen, Mar. 11. Four more Russian grand dukes have been exe cuted at Petrograd by Bolshevik! during the last fortnight on the charge of being Involved In a mon archist plot, according to advices to the Berllngske Tldende. H: L. GILKEY TELLS a mm -am . . - Alencon, France, January 31, 1914. Editor of the Courier, Dear 8lr: I have been asked by many to write something of this country as I see It. To give anything of a cor rect impression of things here would require quite a letter, so I am going to Just touch some of the high places. After an uneventful voyage from Boston, leaving the latter place De cember 9th, we landed at Liverpool December 23. From there We went to Southhampton where we had the first touch of real army life. . We reached this place about t o'clock In, the morning and were taken In an army truck to the army camp some tour or five miles out of the city and shown the barracks In which we might aleep it we could find some blankets which we succeeded in do ing after a' reasonable time. 'But In asmuch aa tbe blankets were quite damp and the night frosty and we were already chilled to the marrow, you may be sure that we did not sleep very soundly on tbe floor of the barracks and many of pur party, Just 50 In all, took a severe cold, but this was only an initiation to this life we are to see In a larger way later. ; :. ;V'V ' '.' ": V'v , On "our way across the Atlantic we had the good fortune of having as the pilot of our good ship Haver ford, one Captain Jones, who had seen a good deal of the war and told us many interesting experiences with submarines. His ship was one of the vessels that carried the Aus tralians to Galltpoll where the Turk got In his bloody work on the land ing party. . At one time during the engagement there were 600 bodies laJd out on the deck where we later played shuffle board, etc. The ves sol still showed abundant evidence of its usage notwithstanding the fact that it had been In the drydock and undergone extensive repairs. At another time it was torpedoed and. the stern blown, off, but repaired arid put in "commission again. Her sister ship was sunk in that en gagement and her bones are bleach fug .on the sands of the shores of the Mediterranean, ( v ; t , On Christmas morning we were landed at La Havre, one of the most Has Nearly Finished WcrL uatlon in Germany, serially and eco nomically, is very grave and fears the spread of bolshevlsm and the es tablishment of a Bolshevik! state. . London, Mar. 11. Government troops In Berlin made further pro gress In demolishing the Spartacan strongholds In the northern and eastern sections of the city. They used artillery and mine throwers. - The terroristic methods of the Spartacana have caused a revnlsion or feeling In favor of the govern ment everywhere. ' Traffic has been resumed except on the street railway wbere the em ployes are striking for more wages. IJ SI.NKSS IS AGAIN RIMMING-AT SEATTLE Seattle, Wash., Mar. 11. Thou sands of shipyard employes are now back at work here and at Tacoma and Aberdeen. It will- possibly be a week before full force can be em ployed again. The same wages as oerore the strme will prevail. OF EXPERIENCES - .. - ' important seaports of France. Here we began to see the evidence of the effects of war. . While this city was not in the war sone. it was raided several times by Zepellns and sev eral buildings destroyed and some lives lost More than one halt of the women of the city of the better class wear creape and the others are doing the heaviest kind of manuel labor. Loading and unloading cars, cleaning streets, using pick and shovel with tbe men. We visited a great prison camp where there were hundreds of German prisoners in a stockade. They were In rather a sorry condition as the winter had set In and the ground was muddy and the surroundings made one rea Use what our own boys bad been up against only infinitely worse in Ger man prison camps. - I was fortunate enough to be In vited to a Masonic banquet given by the officers of the army of this place. I met some of the clean young men who make up the American expedi tionary force that have done thlngB In the great struggle. - One gentle man from Cleveland, a Mr. Spears, when he learned I was from Grants Pass, Ore., asked me it I know Geo. Sorenson. He wanted: to be remem bered to him when I should com municate with him so I take this method of conveying the message. The souvenirs given out at this banquet are prized very highly by those who were, fortunate enough to "be present on this occasion. Here we were celebrating the birth of the Prince ot Peace in a foreign land at the close of the greatest war in history and as , we believe tbe be ginning of an era of peace between nations not to be broken. This by an organization founded en brotner ly love seemed to me significant in deed. From La Havre I sent letters to my two sons, Herbert and Wlnfleld, using their last known address. Was fortunate enough to reach Herbert and a few days later had the great pleasure of 24 hours ot Intensive vis iting.', The day was not long enough so the night was used for visiting rather than sleep. While I have at last been able to communicate with the other eon,. Wlnfleld, have not seen him and may not Jo 80 before (Continued oa Page 1) CONGRESS MEETS IT1 Oregon Mvmben to Make Brief Visit Home Hawrley Hum Many Irons In Xhe Fire Washington, Mar. 10. Congress will meet in special session May 15. This' much Is definitely decided and for that reason most of the Oregon delegation will leave In a few days for a brief stay at home. Senator McNary, who left tor Bir mingham, Ala., on personal business today, will return to Washington the first of the week and will arrive home about April 1. Senator Cham berlain hopes -to arrive home about the aame time. Congressman McArthur, who has been detained by the failure of Mrs. McArthur to regain her complete strength, expects to arrive in Port land by the time the naval commit tee reaches the City of Roses. ". ' Congressman Hawley will be oc cupied with tbe work of the com mittee on committees " tor several days yet and will not be able to leave until the end of the month. Congressman Slnnott, who leaves for a few days In New York' today, also expects to reacb his home about April 1. HOOVER TO RUN THE. RAILROADS OF ."ftSTRIA Paris, Mar. 10. The supreme war council has decided to give to Her bert C. Hoover, director general ot allied relief, practical control of all the railways In the old Austrian em plre and to make him the mandatory of the council in demanding locomo tives and freight cars from' each- of the new state of old Austria with which to create a food and relief ser vice. ". The relief trains will run over all lines without political or' military interference. . Mr. Hoover has placed the matter in the hands of American army en' gtneere for execution. , ' . ! CENSORSHIP WILL BE T Washington. Mar. -11. An agree ment between the United States and England abolishes .the , double cen sorahlp. .The two countries agTee that hereafter cable communications through the territory of either conn' try will be subject only to censorship ot the country where the message originates. The United States desires to dls continue censorship entirely as soon as possible, the - announcement says, but "as long as tbe aljles consider it necessary to continue the blockade, it will be necessary to continue the censorship.". 4 4 PLAN TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT DETECTED ; -.. ' . .4 f Washington, Mar. 11. Evl- 4 4 dence obtained by the depart- 4 4 ment ot Justice Bhowlng coun- 4 4 try-wide radical propaganda 4 4 urging the overthrow of the 4 4 United States government and 4 4 setting up bolshevlsm has been 4 4 placed In the hands ot the pro- 4 4 paganda committee.' One pos- 4 4 ter declared "every Btrike Is a 4 4 small revolution and a dress 4 4 rehearsal for a big one." , 4 44444.444 CHANNEL IS PROPOSED London, , Mar. 11. Five .years would be required to complete the, proposed tunnel under the . English channel from England to France,, it Is estimated. The cost would be about 20,000,000. . ' . SOI mm AH TERMS FRAMED UP FOR THE GERMANS 1 '"' MI LIT ART CROUP WILL GO Ol'T OF EXISTENCE A XI) IMPERIAL '- STAFF IS ABOLISHED. , SMALLER ARMY THAN SWISS Great Fort Along the Rhine to Bo Ieetroyed and Army Placed oa Volunteer System Paris, Mar. 11. Military Ger many will go out ot existence as a result of the adoption of military terms as they will go Into the peace) treaty by tbe supreme council. The terms as framed provide for a sweeping reduction of the German military establishment to 100,000 men, with 4,000 officers, the army to be recruited by the volunteer sys tem tor 12 years. This limits Ger many to less than the number of men Switzerland has in the army. The German forts along: the Rhine are to be destroyed, also arms and 1 munitions, except enough for 100, 000 men. The Imperial general staff is to be abolished. VOCATIONAL BOARD WANTS .NAMES OF DISABLED TANKS Washington, Mar. 11. Some 13, 000 disabled soldiers were 'discharg ed from the army before- the federal board for vocational education . was permitted to establish contact with them In order to deal wltV tdelr cases. The board.now desires to get in touch with these men s6 as to ac quaint them with the benefits which congress has provided for them. The board In a statement today asked . persons knowing of any such dis abled soldiers to send their names and addresses to Its headquarters in Washington. ' '" V ' HOW HINES WILL TIDE THE RAILWAYS OVER Washington, Mar; 11. Director General Hines announced today that the railroad administration ' wonld probably issue federal warrants for amounts due the railroad corpora tions to meet the situation. Berlin, Sunday, Mar. 9. While soldiers who had been called to sup press rioting in Spandau were absent from the' Ruhleben camp, about 5,000 Russian prisoners ot war es caped. - .. .. AFTER AN ACTIVE LIFE New York, Mar. 11. Amelia E. Barr, authoress,' died here today. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr passed the first half ot her life in comparative obscurity. She ventured upon her- first novel when she was 50 years ot age. During the following ' 33 years she produced her books at the rate ot about two a year, until she had (3 to her credit. In addition she had written hundreds of short stories, pqems and magazine , ar ticles. :, For 15 consecutive years she supplied an average of a poem and a short story a week to one pub lication. ' ' "The first time I tried my hand at literature," she said, "was when I was 0 years old. I amused myself by putting one of the Psalms into verse. The reward for my first lit erary effort was a sound whipping. That kept me quiet until I was 13 At that age I perpetrated a crude and turgid tragedy on the life of Seneca. It is . the only tragedy I have ever written. I have lived all my tragedies since then. In my books 'I put all the happiness that I could imagine." . . '