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The Washington times., 1916-01-07
Brother and Sister
Wed; School Shocked

EMPORIA. Kan. Jan. 7.-hTe Kansas
Normal School was shocked when il
learned that Earl Freeman and Julia
Freeman, brother and sister, and stu
dents OF the school. had been married.
until II was learned that the couple
were brother and sister onl, nv adop-
tion, and that there was no imyadiment
to their marriage.
II was not until their marriage. how
ever. that the fact Of their adoption
was made known.
The Washington times., 1916-01-07

Harvey W. wiley, DirSetSF Good
Housekeeping Bureau Of ROodA
Sanitation and Health,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
EXCEED RECORDS
IN AUGUST EXPORTS

Washington. Sept, s5.--A worlds
record for exports was set by this
country during August. the depart
mant OF commerce announced today,
The exports totaled sSlo,0oo.Ooo.
This is ss5. 900. 900 higher than the
previous record established In May.
and SOS. 600. 900 higher than the June
total.
Imports decreased si7.ooo.ooo un-
III June. when high record was set.
The total during August was siss.-
?i7.ssi. August was the first month
in which the United States has sent
exports abroad totaling more than
half a billion. Exports for the year
ending with August totaled $3.50
600. 900, with imports OF sg.Soo.oo
900.
The net inward gold movement for
August was s?s. 900 900. The total
for the year was sIio,ooo.ooo, a
record.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
TEuTONIC NvASi0N OF
OtMANIA HALTED

Rome. Sept. 20 Reinforced by
Russian dctachments. the Rouman-
ians have halted the attempted Teu-
tonic invasion on their northwestern
frontier and have taken the offensive
AT Vulcan pass, Russian troops are
now hghting IN southern Transyl-
vania for the first time since Rou-
mania declared war Some Russian
detachments are even reported a. far
west as orsova, In Dobrudia the
battle ia growing less violent, but tho
Roumanlans retain the Initiative. The
allies have suffered reverse In tho
hghting east OF the Vardar In Mace
donia. but on both wings are press-
ing forward \ fierce battle Is go
ing on south OF Keuali. where tho
serbians are attacking strong systems
.of Bulgarian defensives barring tho
way TO MonaStir.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
MANY MEET DEATH
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS

New York, Sept 25.-More people
have been killed and injured by auto
mobiles in the streets Of American
cities during this year than in all the
Zeppelin raids on England. Chicago
and New York lead in the number OF
deaths with more than 200 each be-
tween January ] and September /.
The number Of fatalities in large
cities is proportionately high, how
ever. varying with the population Of
the towns.
These figures. compiled today from
reports Of a score Of cities. are based
upon police records. which show a
constantly growing death list as a re-
suit Of automobile accidents. despite
improved traffic laws that hare been
enacted. In New York ana other
states even more drastic legislation e.
being urged.
In the cities from which reports
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
THY MOONEY NEXT ON
CHARGE OF MURDER

San Francisco. Sept 2S Thomas
j. Mooney, charged with murder for
alleged completely In the preparedness
parade bomb tragedy. was scheduled
to appear for trial before Superior
Judge Dunno today. However. IL was
practically certain the trial Will bo
postponed three or four weeks.
Mooney will ask for a postpouement.
and Disiric, Attorney Flckcrt said
that he will enter no objection.
Meanwhile Warren X. Billings. con-
ylcted OF murder Saturday on the
same charge, is preparing a state
mont to be read TO Judge Dunno to-
morrow. when Billings is schod uied
to be sentenced to life imprisonment
Hts attorney, Maxwell McNuti. will
ask a stay OF sentence and a new trial.
McNutt win allege that the Jury
disregarded important evidence In
reaching the verdict. He will also
attempt to impeaoh Mrs. Alice Kid
well and her daughter Miss Estelle
Smith on grounds that they were In
tcrfcred with,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25

were available today ngures ap TO
September ! show that q total Of
l,o40 persons have been killed and
more than 5000 injured. Only par
tial lists OF injured were received and
II is possible that the complete toll
woald show almost double this num-
Der.
In Zeppelin raids on England 20
date about sSS have been killed and
STe wounded In two years
Police reports show lSS persons
killed and i,4Si injured in the streets
Of New York up 10 September /, The
New York state automobile associa-
lions estimates show s2s killed. how
ever. for New York city. and for the
state outside OF the metropolis iss
killed.
Chicago records show eos killed.
while Philadelphia reports SIS.
In Detroit ss were killed and ANS
injured up to September !, as COM
pared with 81 killed and aces in
iured during the same period last
year.
Los Angeles reported 81 killed. and
Columbus. Ohio. 40.
In many cities heavy penalties are
being inflicted for driving a car while
intoxicated. and other remedial mea-
sures are being considered.
Following are the records OF some
Of the American cities other than
those already referred to: San Fran
cisco. 3s killed; 81. Louis. 81; Cleve-
land. 80; State OF Iowa, 80. and 400
injured; Des Moines. Is killed; Den
yer. IS killed. 524 injured. Milwsu-
kee, 81 killed; Washington, D, c..
10: Portland and Seattle. s each; ST.
Paul and Minneapolis. z: Dallas. 5
killed. 81 injured; Topeka. killed;
Kansas City. killed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
ARRANGE DETAILS
FOR LABOR STRIKE

New York. Sept, 25.---Labor lead
ers today worked out details OF their
plans for the walkout OF union work
ers which they confidently expected
to occur next Wednesday.
The public meanwhile looks hope
fully TO the sessions OF the state board
Of eonciliation and arbitration. start
ing tomorrow. at which an attempt
will be made to adjust the differences
between the traction company and
striking carmen.
One hundred and fifteen trades
unions, with about $50. 900 members
have already voted to stop work We'd
nesday in support OF the carmen
Ernest Bohm. secretary OF the Cen.
trail Federated union. announced
/ Labor leaders today estimated $50.
600 would walkout. explaining It Is
not their intention 10 bring out al
union workers. The unions more
directly connected with the city'i
transportation are to answer the call
Milk wagon drivers struck today
and Organizer Cashell Of their unioT
declares that 5000 will quit wednes
day II their demands are not granted
The company charges that striker
or sympathizers went through th'
streets intimidatIng drivers early 10
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
COUNTY AGENTS
NOTES
Farm (rops


II Is important that the seeding OF
grasses for pasture be made In the
fall On hmps-over lands this IL
usually done 10 the best advantage
ius, as soon as the ashes are cold,
On land where a good seed bed can
not be prepared. II is better to walt
antil the soil Is somewhat molstened,
then sow the grass seed so that !,
may be beaten In by the succeeding
rains,
wish to emphasize the Importance
OF having your seeds OF all kinds
tested. Two samples ot grass seed
sen, In recently contained more than
80 per cent OF weed seed. These
were taken from samples that a seeds
man had sent to farmer who had
asked for q pasture grass mixture.
This service Is absolutely free, A
one-ouace sample OF the seed Is sum
eient for the test, but Il should be
carefully taken in order TO represent
the entire lot that Is being sampled,
There Is an increased demand for
both common and purple veteh for
seed this year. A carload OF purple
vetch has been sent 10 the south
eastern states this fall and California
Is calling for both the common and
purple vetcA for seed The limited
trials that Nave been made In this
country would indicate that both OF
these may be grown probably for
seed here.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
WILSON SPEAKS TO
GRAIN DEALERS

Lyric Theser. Baltimore. Sept, sS,
A new spirit for American business
"a spirit not OF exclusion. but OF ex-
celling--a competition not Of selfish
ness, but in orains-was urged by
President Wilson today in a strong
address before the National Grain
Dealers association.
The president reached the hall at
2:45 and was given an ovation last
ing two minutes. Before the crowd
sat down q band struck up Amer
lea" and another yell broke out.
The president opened his address
by saying that there was certain
drawback about his appearance be-
cause il came during a campaign.
He believed. he said. that nothing so
hampered the serious consideration
of public questions as political cam
paign.
Il believe In a party action, but I
have a supreme contempt for parti-
san action. Whenever party feeling
invades our actions it is to be con-
demned.
There are certain questions" he
said, that should not be Influenced
by the fact that two parties are con-
testing for power. ! want to speak to
you about the business situation OF
the world, in so far as America Is
concerned.
We are facing a new business
era" he said. American business
has burst its jacket. 1t can no long
er be taken care Of in local markets.
1t now develops that the American
business man has not studied the
/ problem of the foreign market We
have no merchant marine. The ma
tional banks had not been put in a
position to handle foreign exchange.
America was not only not accustom-
ed but disinclined to touch the
nerves of foreign business. Not until
the recent legislation OF congress
the federal reserve act--could Amer
lean banks assist American projects
in all parts OF the world.
America is to step into a new
field. Ny dream is that she will take
her place in that new field with Z
spirit such as the world has never
seen before. Not the spirit OF thost
who would exclude others, but thos'
who would excel others.
Il want to see America pitteC
against the world. not in seldshness
but in brains"
The lasting competitors OF th'
world are those OF braius-not o
force" he added, and | believe tn
= time viii come when our bushes
men will prevail, not by the baekinI
of their government. but by the back
ing of their own skill and knowl
= edge"
The government OF the Unite
{ States has ceased, said President VII
son. to be the foe OF business an
was nov its friend.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland. Sept, 90 Today'a mar
kct quotations were;
Whea, Club. las. blucstsm.
1884.
oats---No. ! white feed. 2T,b0,
Barlcy--feod, as.
Hogs Best live. 10
Prime atoers. I. fancy COWS. $40:
Best calves, $50,
Spring lambs. $50.
Bu,ter--4city creamery. 81; eoun-
Try. 81.
Eggs Selected local extras, IS.
Hens. Is. broilers. i6gl7. geese.
ll4iih
Copper, ssM
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
MYSTERIOUS FIRES
IN CHICAGO BUILDING

Chicago. Sept. 25.--Six attempts
70 burn the six-story building OF the
Linen Thread company failed, but
they caused an investigation TO be
started by the assistant FIRE marshal
In answering an alarm yesterday
fremen discovered six fires had been
started on different floors. none OF
which caused damage
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
Treatment for Smut

Formaldehyde Is no doub; the best
ana cheapcs, remedy for smut. Forty
cents viii purchase enough TO make
So TO 40 gallons
Directions for Use, Spread the
grain in a tain layer on smooth.
clean noor. sprinkle the grain with
tormalaehyde until II is thoroughly
and evenly wet throughout Re sure
Is, is vet enough TO pack in the hand.
Shovel the grain over 10 he sure that
all the seed Is evenly moistened, and
cover the seed with blankets. canvas
or the like In order 10 keep In the
fumes OF formaidehyde The seed
should stand for 6 to IL hours and
then be shoveled ont to dry
Bins. sacks and the drill should
also be disinfected with the formalde-
hyde before being used.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
OMAHA STREET CAR
IN MAD RUNAWAY

Omaha. Neb.. Sept, 25.---Demolish-
ing Il. brakes when II collided with
n wagon on a hill. a Benson street
car early this morning ran away for
% blocks. finally jumping the track
and crashing into a telephone pole,
Six persons we're injured, two prob
ably fatally.
After striking the pole the car
turned over twice and was completely
demolished.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
coURTMARTIAL CORPORAL
FOR MEXICAN INVASION

Washington. Sept 25.--General
Funston today wired the war depart
nient he has ordered courtmartial Of
Corporal Rogers. troop b, and seven
members OF patrol OF Texas cavalry
who crossed the Rio Grande into
Mexico on Thursday without autho-
rity. Mexican soldiers fred on the
patrol. killing horse,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25

San Francisco. Sept. 25.--The ef-
fectiveness Of the aeroplane in more
than one kiAd Of campaign was shown
today when Miss Hazel Hunkins. lee
turer for the National woman's party,
few over Redwood City. showering
party literature npon the towns
paouto
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
THE upLIFT IN JOSEPHINE,


THE UPLIFT IN JOSEPHINE.
All three Of the great daily news
papers OF Portland have given many
columns of space to exploiting jose
phine county and Grants Pass since
the visit OF the delegation from the
Rose City last week. The spirit Of
development that is found every
where here impressed the men from
the north, and they now know that
that which they had heard is true
Grants Pass is leading the northwest
In industry and progress.
The Sunday editions OF both the
journal and the Oregonian contained
extensive articles dealing with the
district, each illustrated by many
views Of the country. That in the
Journal contained also views Of the
street decorations and Of the beet
Aelds. The Courier has already pub
itshed comment made editorially by
both the Journal and the Telegram.
The oregonian. in its Sunday issue,
said the following in the course Of
an extended editorial article under
the caption, The Uplift in Jose
phine":
In another part Of The oregonian
today will be found an article from
the pen Of Addison Bennett dealing
with conditions at Grants Pass and
tributary sections of Josephine
county. Mr.. Bennett was one or q
party of nearly forty that went to
Grants Pass last Tuesday to attend
the county fair there and to go out
over the new railroad operated by
( Judge Twohy and his associates, and
which they have obligated themselves
to extend for distance Of 25 mile:
further within thirty months from
the time they took the road over. The
extension will carry the road across
the Illinois valley and viii touch ol
come within a very short distance o
the mines and timber which are nov
attracting so much attention ant
which are OF such nature that tn
operators are hauling both lumber
ores and other mine products from
six 10 thiry-tvo miles to reach tn
railroad. which then hauls them fi
teen miles to its connection with tn
Southern Pacific at Grants Pass. Fo
the last three months about FIVE car
loads a day have been thus handled
The reader may hesitate TO beliey
that lumber can be successfully mai
keted with such a handicap, but tn
sugar pine Of that section is in gre;
demand at good price.
The great upward movement
Josephine county is a splendid illu
tratiOn OF what community can d
unaided under intelligent co-Opert
ton. coupled. Of course, with ab
leadership.
Such cooperation will win in ar
community which possesses latent Il
dustries. Just as it has won and
winning in Josephine county. whei
now there is no talk about hai
times. about wars Or panics, beCau
the people are too busy to turn the
attention from the pressing duti
right al hand About the only dra,
back is lack Of laboring men to q
the fields and go ahead with constru
tion work on the railroad extenslo
1T is mighty pleasant for The Or
gonian to call the attention Of {
readers to a community that seer
to have pointed the way for othe
successfully to follow Perhaps maj
Of us are awaiting angels to cor
and DO for as thinsi which we a
perfectly able TO do for ourselves"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
RoUMaNIANs CAPTURE
G,sst PRISONERS

Bucharest. Sept. "a tDclayed) ,---
Roumanian troops have captured
6,ss4 prisoners on the north and
northwest fronts In TransylyanIa,
said an Official statement from the
war Office today. Some progress has
been made on the north and north
western fronts along the Danube and
Dobrudja.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
Seed Corn Again

\ So many OF our exhibits at the
county fair last week showed a lack
OF uniformity in selection OF any par
ticular type OF corn, There were some
excellent exhibits. but in many OF
them there would be two or three
types. Entirely too much variation
in size. shape and general make up
to win a prize. ! fear that some OF
us may make the same mistake In
the selection OF our seed corn. II
IL Just as essential 10 select and fol
low distinct type in the selection OF
seed corn as II Is In the breeding oi
live stock. Fix your Ideal in your
mind. and then select just as near
to that as possible. even though you
get only half dozen ears. and use
them In a plot by themselves next
year and again select your fixed type
from this plot Adopt the seed plo'
system now.
C. D. THOMPSON.
County Agricultural Agent
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25

Job printing OF every description
at the Courier offlce.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-25
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OREGON WEATHER

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The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
KILLED BY RATS
in Ships Hold
Carpenter Who Broke Leg in
Fall Struggles in Vain
Amid Darkness.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York. Aug. AFTER four
days Of searching. the body of Alfred
Doey was found yesterday huddled up
in a corner of the hold of the freighter
Normandie off Tompkinsville, where
he made his last stand against an
army of rats. When the hatch was
opened the rats swarmed up on deck
and the rescue squad had to stop to
beam them off before Doey's body
could be extricated.
Doey was a ships carpenter living
in Brooklyn. He was 40 years old,
brawny and weighed $50 pounds. For
several days he had been employed
with other workmen on the Norman
die. Wednesday night he didn't come
home. His wife learned from his COM
panions that he had been among the
last on board. She notified the police.
Owing to reports made by the car
penter's friends, who said they had
seen him start for Brooklyn. no search
was made of the ship until yesterday
afternoon, when the watchman at the
Commercial Wharf Of the New York
Dock Company reported that the boat
seemed to be alive with rats. When
the body had been recovered the story
was plain. Either Doey had not left
or he had returned for some tools he
had forgotten. In the dark he had
fallen down an open hatchway and
lay stunned and with a leg broken
when the watChman came aboard and
closed the hatch.
Either the attack OF the vanguard
OF the rats had aroused him or he had
reEained consciousness normally At
any rate, he dragged himself to a cor
ner of the hold. where the gray host
could assail him only from in front.
There, while the whistle of harbor
craft sounded in his ears. the waves of
the bay slapped the iron plates at his
back and the footsteps OF his compan-
ions resounded on the deck, he had
fought for his life. He had no wea-
pons save his hands. His cries had not
penetrated the steel walls OF his
prison.
He had been dead for at least two
days when discovered.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
in
SESSION TODAY
Catholic Union of Whole
Country Opens Three-Day
Convention Here.

Four hundred delegates to the annual
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, will
start a three days meeting this morning
at the Raleigh Hotel for the purpose of
stimulating individual abstinence from
liquor and strong drink. Members Of
the union have announced that they are
not in Washington to advocate tenn
peranCe or prohibition laws.
The visitors represent every State in
the union. The convention will devote
attention to plans whereby its delegates
may learn just how to reach their COM
munities. The duties of each visitor at
the meetings here are to return to the
communities they represent and there
take up the cause with their parishioners
through special committees, and per-
sonally, If necessary.
The tenor of the addresses to be made.
it is stated, will be that the liquor and
dope" problem is one for the individual
himself to decide. Only reaching the in
dividual and not through laws and
Ordinances-by means of moral appeal
and as a matter of self-respect-the
leaders of the convention assert, can
this problem be ultimately solved.
Today's program includes a reception
at the Hotel Raleigh at o'clock this
morning and a meeting of the executive
council
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
RUNAWAY Wards
ESCAPE AGAIN
Girls Who Went to Baltimore
to See Bright Lights Dis
appear Mysteriously.
.ecial 10 The wa.hington Hernld.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Aug. Mrs. Minnie Pos and
Miss Esther Selig two OF the three Young
women who disappeared from their homes
In Havre de Grace last week and who
were located in Baltimore yesterday. have
again disappeared. Some time between
II o'clock and midnight last night, when
Miss Selig was on the eve of meeting
her brother and Mrs. Pons was about To
face her husband. the two young women
let themselves down from the window Of
a secohd-story rear room In the home
OF Mrs. Jennie Jones at I'LL East North
avenue and disappeared completely
A rope dangling from the window is
the only clue they left They took their
suitcases with them from the room
Girls and suitcases were let down from
the window while the family OF Mrs.
Jones sat out on the front steps.
John J. Zelig appealed to the Ralti-
more police today to flnd his sister. John
POns at the same time asked that blue
coats try to locate his wife. The two
young women. Mrs. Pons, 10 years old
and Miss Zelig, II years old, had been
placed in the custody OF Mrs. Jones bv
the Henry Watson Children's Aid So
ciety.
Miss Mary Foley, the third girl, who
was separated from the other two by the
Chlldrens Aid Society and placed in an
other house, met her parents this morn
ing in the office of the society and will
probably return to Havre de Grace with
them. She Is only Is years old. Her pa
rents are Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Foley,
and are Italians. The father is a rail-
road track laborer