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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-28
POLITICAL NOTES


Senator Jones won't accept
the vice presidency OF the
United States.
Ignatz Halibut. the fish ped
der. says he's not going to be
In the race for president OF
the L. s In 1916.
Josiah Collins won't run for
councilman. Who's gonna be
the Grouchy Goat this time?
Vote for Crooked-FinEer
Spike. the yegg. for county
commissioner. because his
father was a loyal republican
and so was his grandpa.
Vote for Slippery Sol. the
dip. for lieutenant governor.
because his father was loyal
democrat and 80 vas his
grandpa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-28

These annoying and smbar-
RAISING troubles can easily he
overcome Here Is the quickest
and sureHt remedy known Two
sabIespooufuis Of Csl0cide rom
pound IN a warm foot bath" gives
instant relief Don't endure foot
torture Of any kind ~ this
treatment eorns and callOusea can
he peeled right Off and sore bun
ions reduced. IL acts through the
pores. removing the cause Large
box Of Calocids twenty five cents
al any drug or general store.
Prepared At Medical Formula
iaboraiories. Dayton. Ohio.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-28

fully scratched by children whom
she tried to prevent from jumping
out OF windows before blankets ar
rsNc1
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

consistory that the failure OF the
great powers to call in Christianity
made The Hague treaty dead letter
and thus they were responsible for
the war.
It is understood that he will de-
clare The Hague conference was not
representative OF the worlds thought.
since the Vatican was not represented
therein. Moreover. he will assert
that the treaty would not have been
violated II it had the sanction Of the
church. because then the people
would have known all about the
treaty and the nations would have
respected II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS

Notice Is hereby given that the
county superintendent OF Josephine
Oregon. will hold tho regular
OF applicants for state
certificates at Grants Pass as follows
Commencing Wednesday. Deeem-
ber i6. 1918. at 0 o'clock a. M, and
continuing until Saturday. December
IS. 1915. at 4 o'clock y. III,
Wednesday Forenoon
Writing. U. s. History.
Wednesday Afternoon
Reading. Physiology. Composition.
Methods In Reading, Methods
In Arithmetic
Thursday Forenoon
Arithmetic. History OF Education,
Psychology. Methods In
Geography,
Thursday Afternoon
Grammar. Geography. American
Literature, Physics, Methods In Ian
guage. Thesis for Primary Certificate,
Science OF Education.
Friday Forenoon
Theory and Practice. Olthogiaphr.
Physical Geography. English l.n''-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
MANAGER OF UNITED
PRESS At PORTLAND
WAS KILLED FRIDAY
(py United Prose- Leased wirel

tBy United Press Leased Wire.
Portland. Dec. Al. Walter
Branin. manager OF the United Press
bureau In this city. was 80 seriously
injured early last night by u street
car that he died two hours later In
tho hospital.
Branin was on his way homo and
stepped out from behind u telephone
pole to approach the car. His foot
slipped and no fell In front OF tho
car. being carried along for about
twenty feet,
Policeman Pratt, an eye witness,
telephoned for an ambulance and
Branin, was rushed 10 tho Good
Samaritan hospital. where he died at
. o'clock,
Branin was about 80 years old. Ho
was born at Slater. Mo-. and raised
In Lawrence. Kas,. where he hearn-
ed telegraphy. He came to this city
In 1909. where he secured employ
ment with the Western Union Tele-
graph company. leaving that corpor-
alton In August, 1907. when q strike
was called. He then Joined the
United Press as telegrapher and
later was promoted TO the position
Of manager OF the Portland bureau,
Mr. Branin was telegrapher Of
exceptional ability and was one OF a
number OF fast senders sent to Caid-
well and Boise. Idaho. to cover the
Haywood trial several years ago. He
was also. sent to San Francisco at
the time OF the earthquake and iire
In 1906 to help In clearing up tho
congestion OF telegraph and news
matter. Besides being a telegrapher
and newspaper man, Branin was
talented musician.
Branin Is survived by two brothers.
Charles Of the Associated Press In
this city, and Bert Branin. q railroad
man Of Auburn. Wash; his father.
A. Branin. Of Glacier. wash: a
widow and one young daughter about
two years old.
He carried several thousand dol
lars insurance.
Walter Branin was one OF the best
beloved and loyal employees OF the
entire United Press organization. His
spirit and zeal was shown In recent
letter he wrote the United Press
manager at San Francisco. In which
he declared: Next to my family. the
United Press has been nearest and
dearest to my heart"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
SEASON At OPERA
HOUSE WILL Open
WITH twin BEDS

As the opening attraction OF the
season at the opera house on Friday
evening, December 10. Selwyn &
Company announce the first presen-
tation In this city OF their laugh fes-
tival, Twin Beds" Salisbury Field
and Margaret Mayo's mirth provok-
ing comedy OF life among the apart
ment house dwellers which scored the
record run OF the past season In New
York city by attracting crowded
houses for exactly flfty-two weeks al
the Harris and Fulton theaters.
Twin Beds" has consistent and
coherent story. refreshing in Its orr
ginallty and constructed solely for
fun-maklng purposes. Its story re.
wolves about flirtatious young bride
her unnecessarily jealous husband
an impression tenor aud his
shrewd wife, number OF misguided
friends who jump at wrong conclu'
sions and lackadaisical serving
maid with q propensity for making
mistakes.
It's finely balanced company OF eS
pert comedians includes such favor
ties as Jullette Day, J. Morrill, Nor
rison, Marian Lord, p. Paul Porcasj
Editha Maxham, William Weston
Eleanor Wilton and others. or
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
GERMANY MAKES
PEACE SUGGESTION
TO CONS|STORY

Rome. Dec. Germany has al
ready made informal suggestions to-
ward peace action through next Mon
days consistory. reports current here
today declared.
Cardinal Hartmann. Of Cologne. Is
said to have brought proposal that
Germany win evacuate Belgium and
France and agree to the autonomy Of
Russian Poland II the Vatican VIII
make powerful efforts toward peace.
Cardinals from the allies. parti-
cularly Gasquet Of France and
Bourne of England. have been sound
ed out with this proposal. but, 1t is
understood they have replied that
the allies viii not countenance half
peace measures. 49,
Pope Benedict will tell the coming
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
GILLIES HELD ON CHARGE
OF FAIISIFYING RECORDS

Olympia, Dec. Al. Il. Gillies,
former chief claim agent for the
Industrial insurance commission, Is
at liberty today under $4,000 bail,
following his arrest yesterday after
noon on a warrant charging him
with falsifylng the records In connec-
tlon with the recent exposures Of
shortages totallng more than $15,-
600. He Is specifically charged with
certifying to claim Of p. II. Mar
tin OF $1,S4O accident compensation,
when he knew the claim to be false.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
EXAMINATION OF
SCHOOL TEACHERS
DECEMBER 18TH
To High School Teachers:


Examinations for high school
teachers who are graduates OF stand
ard colleges and universities. but who
have not had fifteen semester hours
work In education. will be given In
connection with the regular teachers
examinations which will be held at
the county seat OF each county begin
ming on December Is, 1915. and on
June 2S, 1916. For the purpose OF
certification. teachers will be credit
ed with three semester hours In edu-
cation for each subject in which they
pass the examination with o grade OF
at least 75 per cent. Twelve ques-
tions will be submitted in each OF the
five subjects shown below. The ques-
tions viii be selected from the two
books given after each subject. No
fee will be charged for the examin-
alton. After 1915. no applicants will
be permitted to take this examination
unless they are especially recon-
mended for certification by the
schools from which they have been
graduated. The Oregon State Library
Salem. has limited number OF copies
OF each book. which will be loaned
to teachers, the only expense being
the postage. The books may be pur-
chased from the publishers, or they
will be sent postpaid by The J. X,
Gill Company. Portland. Oregon. at
the prices indicated.
l. Science OF Education
Ruedlger: Principles of Education.
C. 1910. Houghton, Mifflin Co.. Bos.
ton. s1.25.
Colvin: The Learning Process. c.
1911. The Macmillan Co., New York,
$1.25.
2 History OF Education---..... ...... :.
Graves: A Students History OF
Education. C. 1915. The Macmillan
Co., Boston, s1.25.
Monroe Textbook in the History
OF Education. C. 1905. The Macmil.
Ian Co., Boston, $1.90.
3. Childhood and Adolescence
King: The High School Age. C
1914. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indiana
polls, $1.0O.
Tyler: Growth and Education. C
1907. Houghton, Mifflin Co.. Bos
ton, $3.50. =
A. School Administration
Monroe: (ed): Principles of Sec
ondary Education. C. 1914. TIL,
Macmillan Co., Boston, s1.90.
Dutton and Snedden: Administra
tion OF Public Education In tn,
United States. c. 1912. The Mac
milan Co., Boston, $500.
5. Methods
Judd: Psychology OF High Schoo
Subjects. C. 1915. CHM & Co., Bos
ton, $3.50. z
Parker: Methods OF Teaching II
High Schools. C. 1915. CHM e Co.
Boston, $3.50.
Very truly yours,
IA. CHURCHILL,
Superintendent OF Publ
610 instruction.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
EDWARD KRAUSE LANDS @
IN JAIL IN JUNEAU

Juneau, Alaska. Dec. 4.-While
crowds were assembled on the wharf
here to watch the arrival Of Edward
Krause. charged with the murders
OF VIM. Christie and Captain James
o. Plunkett, Krause was taken sec
retly from the steamship Humboldt
before the vessel arrived here and
hurried to Jail In an automobile.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
How TO Tea, Paper.

You cannot test paper M you would
string. by stretching Il II has been
stretched ~ much In the process OF
manufacture ihnt II won't stand much
more The way to test II " 10 rub IL
IN the hands After such treatment
l,oor paper IL fnll of llolcS and cracks.
iund lalRr simply takes the appear
nnce of leather, II inuch white dust
IL produced We know there are earth
~ Impurities II Il cracks Il has been
hlcnchcd TOO much London Globe.
----s--.--~--.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
SPOKANE GIRL WOULD
BECOME WAR BRIDE
tBy United Press Leassd Wire. ,

fBy United Press Leased Wire.)
Spokane, Dec. 4.--Some day with
in the next month or two there Is to
be quiet little wedding In Cologne,
Germany, provided the bridegroom
Cornelius Berk, adiutant In the Ger
man field artillery, stationed at Lille,
France, can get away from his can
non long enough TO become the bride.
groom. Miss Mildred Trlmbone,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence A,
Trlmbone, OF this city, who met and
loved the army officer ten years ago
while studying at Cologne,
-.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

ture. Chemistry. History OF Eduea-
ton.
Friday Afternoon
School Law. Geology. Algebra. Civil
Government. Childhood and
Adolescence.
Saturday Forenoon
Geometry. Botany. School
Administration.
Saturday Afternoon
General History. Bookkeeping.
Methods.
LINCOLN SAVAGE.
6ls County Superintendent.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

' Envelops. 80 per package. zoe per
100.--Courier once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

ton will be allowed to produce petroleum or any
of its products in the said district"
Now, just suppose although, frankly, what
am going TO beg you 70 suppose is ridiculous
and futile as the Worth gown which Miss What's
hername, in Yuma Arz., dreams of getting some
times just suppose if Japan japanese cor
poraton were actually to succeed in getting away
with anything half exclusive in the shape of
profitable rights from Picking as this Standard Oil
plum, what would happen TO the front pages of
American newspapers There will be no more
yellow sheets then all would be purple in the
face
But, after ALL it is because Of the American
trade with China that the greatest hullabaloo is
raised. The most popular headline charge against
Japan is that she is banging shut the open door OF
commercial China in the face OF America. Almost
everything popular is suspicious, even this one as
the following facts will show:
Hong Kong is the greatest distributing point of
South China. She imported in the year 1913 wheat
-four to the amount of 5,l76,623 bags valued at
;5,39O,OOo. Every bag Of that did not come from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

leum at the points Of production. Also the stand
ard Oil made it optional with the Chinese govern
ment to take up the remaining ia per cent OF 'he
stock at par or leave it, and it gave the hard up
government of China two years time to make up
its mind in that matter
After all that, the Chinese government has got
to do something And it does. 1t agrees to give TO
this newly born Chinese child OF the Standard oll
the exclusive rights to work the oil helds ABOUT
Yench'ang, Yenan-fu etc, in the Province OF
Shensi, and Of Chenteh-fu and the surrounding
territory in Chilli "And, furthermore, VIII under
take not to give monopoes Of petroleum terri
tories to any other foreigners. but agrees that no
concession whatever for petroleum bearing prop
critics in China be given to other foreigners until
the proposed corporations workings prove salts
factory to the Chinese government and to the
Standard Oil Company OF New York, which period
shall not exceed one year from date Of signing
contract"
And the life Of the agreement is for sixty years
during which term Chinese government prom
ises that no other foreign individual or corpora
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

and dining saloon. The Paragon, it appears,
is In process of building. Every detail shouts
Power" Her twin screws, one is ready to
believe. will drive her at not less than forty
knots an hour.
What an immense boiler capacity that
boat must havew excaims one as he notes
the great throated stacks. THE boilers must
fill the hull from side to side" he continues as
he looks more inquirngly at the deck Taken
with the engines there can't be much space
for tic owner and his guests. except on the
deck That looks like speed mania at the
limit The Paragon must have something be-
tween 5000 and 10000 horse power in her"
1t is all deusion. 1t is soon discovered
that there is ample room because there are
no boilers. The craft is propelled by two
gasoline motors developing 500 horse
power The stacks, if they serve any pur-
pose except show. are simply ventilators. No
smoke will ever boil out of those tunnels
less the engine catches fire. And the Par
agon may do no better than twenty-three
miles an hour.
Still that speed has its advantages. 1t aids
in the departure from City Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

arc in the Provinces Of Shensi and Chilli. 1t IS
perfectly natural, considering the expert knowl-
edge and experiences of the Standard Oil, that
the agreement should cover precisely these two
fields Provided the preliminary survey should
satisfy the Standard oil experts not the Chinese,
for what right have they 10 butt in? and they
don't know a thing about oil anyhow corpora
ton was to be organized chartered IN the
United States and registered in Chins'-55 per
cent Of whose stock the Standard Oil Company
were to hold from the start That gave 1t the
controlling interest, Of course. The new mining
law Of the Chinese Republic would not let any
foreigner or foreign corporation have more than
80 per cent Of the shares. But this Standard Oil
agreement came before the mining laws OF
China. Therefore. just in time; such seems TO
be the Standard oil luck.
The Standard oil Company gave to the Chinese
government 37ia per cent of the new corpora
tions stock as the payment for the franchise
and. moreover, agreed to pay royalty not ex-
ceeding 10 per cent of the value Of crude petro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

The buildings are comparatively small and
not numerous. II there a great army OF
workers, you don't see them. They are
scattered widely.
There are a half dozen here ripping of the
deck house of an auxiliary schooner. The
rope breaks as the deck house comes over the
side. and it crashes fifteen feet to the ground.
Strangely it hangs together and suffers hardly
a scratch.
A man climbs a ladder which he has just
raised against the side of the Vanitie. Open
ing a hatchway in the temporary board house
erected over the deck. he steps inside.
Over in a building covered with sheet iron'
which suggests a great Dutch gable resting
on the ground, several small gasoline boats are
in process OF construction.
Down at the end of the wharf, where the
paper bow Of what looks like small torpedo
boat destroyer peeps out, the staccato rata
tat-tat Of a pneumatic rveter disturbs the
equilibrium Of the atmosphere. Paragon is the
name Of the craft. She is raksh LOOKING
one almost says devish, as he sizes up the
two immense stacks rising abaft the bridge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

the yachting stories to be found in the papers
in the summer time. 1t may truthfully be
said that the modern yacht when ashore does
not cumber the earth. 1t is all up in the air.
The yard is series of galleries into which
the suns rays rarely find their way. The nm
keel yacht religiously keeps off the ground,
except when it is in the water All that
touches the earth is the short base OF the
sliverke hn-keel The swelling bows and
sides and sterns tower overhead, forming
Tudor arches through which you wander,
looking up in wonder at the graceful curves
OF the strange roof.
You picture the mahogany hull OF the
Defiance swishing through the water beside
the beautiful bronzed-copper shell OF the
Vanitie Over there are the lngomar and
Corona, and the shining black hull of the Sea
Fox. resplendent after her annual overhaul
ing. and the Irolita And through the host OF
yachts like great cut runs the railway track
on which these towering things OF life go
down into their native elemen- or are hauled
out.
A boatyard is different from the ordinary
factory, Most OF the men work out OF doors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

Company OF New York not exactly the most
modest Of the famous Octopus family OF America
signed an agreement at Picking. The Standard
OIL people did not need more than one man 20
represent them Attorney Henry j. EveraN II
took 10 less than four eminent officials to bolster
Nd the Chinese side all Ministers of State:
Premier Hsiung Hsling Chow Tszchi, Minister Of
Finance Cheng Chen, Minister Of Agriculture
and Commerce; Gnu Chi-chien, Minister Of Com
nurication. II the founding of the Standard OIL
Company was an event in the history Of indus
trial America, then the 10th Of February, 1914,
was a red star day for China. And FOR this rea-
son:
The undeveloped resources Of China are as
rich as the Chinese coolies are poor and that
is saying a great deal. And oil is one Of the
great hidden assets of China
And the agreement signed that historic
winters day last year meant, that China handed
oqcr to the Standard OIL people the development
Of this asset
There are two great oil fields III China, they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
An6rRICA'S THRIVING TRADE WITH LAND OF DRAGON
Japan Wants the
Trade, but Has
Not Slammed
Open Door
Shut.

tire United States but pretty nearly si-s'i
cept 100000 bags American.
The importation Of kerosene oil a. Hong hong
in 1913 was the largest in its history; II ineresu
100 per cent over that Of 1912 OF the lll'ooi'<s'
gallons imported tina. year 81 ,lo2, .9o gallons came
from the United States.
In May, 1914. II reported that an American
concern secured the contract for sl,OOOOOo "os'"
or arsenal machinery. Last year, at swatow' 'hefe
was a new departure in her knitting lhdus'ty'
Heretofore almost all the knitted product OF 'he
district was hand msde-product OF the pa"e"'
fingers working at home. They built factory
there. a concrete structure OF 1913 By SO feet IL
WAS a modes. affair 10 be sure. All the Same II
was a decided, an almost sensational, step IN ao-
vance.
In it were installed 30 automatic machines (2Zo
200 needles EACH for socks, 20 machines TOT
towels nets and mattings, winding machines'
etc And, one and all, they came from America-
all made in the L. s. A. The daily output OF
the factory is 300 dozen pairs Of socks ana oo
dozen towels, etc; It employs about zoo hahos'
mostly women and girls. As pioneer sd ior
American machinery amid myriad toro' leom-
mercially speaking) IL is not so bad
The Canton Kaulun Railway bought last year
locomotives of the consolidated type, so COW
ereQ freight cars, ~ OPeH AASib''T $500
redwood sleepers locomotive turntable and
some bridge materials 7, spent about s35O,OOO
for them. Americans got the business, not ex-
actly because the European manufacturers wers
either asleep or did not care 70 have the order
In fact It went 70 the Americans in the face OF
the hottest sort of European competition. DO
these things look as though the Chinese trade OF
America is on the wrong side Of locked door?
Not 10 mention,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

noselessly and majestically into the
chief OF the islands many shipyards. Two
Young men and young woman in summer
silk jumped lightly to the ground. The young
woman wore jaunty-looking hat and feather
that reminded one of the headgear OF an
Italian soldier Full OF animated spirits, she
responded to the suggestion OF her com
panions that perhaps it would be difficult for
her to climb over some of the obstacles to
pedestrianism one finds in shipyard with
lightsome Il don't care, can 60 anywhere
She ran few steps to look into boiler filled
with smoking pitch and then quickly ran back
again TO her companions. Soon they were
seen mounting by means Of ladder to the
deck of the power yacht San Toy II. Over
this they walked, laughing, chatting, eXamn-
ing every nook and corner, pointing at this
detail and then at that with many sweep OF
the hands as if indicating where renovatng
work was proposed. The boatyard was only
starting point.
In this particular yard you could illustrate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
The Ma Gnitude
ofOur Business
with China
Is Little
Realized.
o.. ADACHI KINNOSUKE.

rHENEVER Japan goes to bat at
W ..s ' .,.. o.. ;.' ,s: som: :s s:' ss
known reason everybody expects
=. -. her belt homer clean over the
r,rnsl Wall Of China, and if not that then
=. IRE leas, an easy three Dagger straight
,..o The lef, field stand down Fukien way.
rb., is. everybody except herself expects it OF
Der.
And perhaps for the same mystic reason
,.rspaoers in the United States speak OF the
Chinese trade Of America as something that
-, hobo would not accept for a gift except in
,.bsdy shelter Of a back barn AS a matter of
,,, America is the only country that does
no, appreciate the magnitude and splendor of
what she is doing in China, OF what she has
done there.
lie, US follow the wisdom of homely prov
efb in Japan.
Hama yori dango.
That is 10 say. let US take the solid prose Of
, dumping rather than the poetry Of flowers
and adiectives. rather than the scareheads OF
yellow sheets. Let US face the facts since we
must one time or another.