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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-16
Economy and National Budget.

The increasing cost of the national
government and the need for the great
est economy of its resources in order
to meet the growing demands of the
people for government service call for
the severest condemnation of the waste-
ic administration, of it's shameless
raids on the treasury and of it's opposi-
tion to and rejection of President Taft's
oft-repeated proposals and earnest eff
forts to secure economy and efficiency
through the establishment of a simple,
business-like budget system, to which
we pledge our support and which we
hold to be necessary to effect any real
reform in the administration of ma
tional finances.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

Paris, not the Paris of the faubourgs
and drawingrooms but to the Paris of
the cabarets and all-night haunts of
revelry. He made many women notori-
Gus and some unhappy. Others he merely
made opulent for the moment Then
came his intrigue with Draga Maschin,
later Queen Draga. but then the unusual
ly beautiful wife of an obscure engineer.
Him Milan transferred to the country's
diplomatic corps, which permitted assign
ing him to posts far distant and without
return stub to his ticket. The hus-
band journeyed alone, leaving his wife
in his country's capital. After some
years of such service Maschin quietly
killed himself, and it is not recorded that
his widowewore the conventional black
Attempt or pretense of concealment
was thrown to the winds. Draga became
the power behind the purple and made
and unmade ministers, formulated poll
cies and presumably assessed taxes. 1t
should be mentioned in passing that
Milan had queen. In fact it was as
lady-in-waiting to her majesty that Draga
Maschin first appeared at court When
the kings consort found herself not
only second in her husbands heart but
subsequent to her attendant in the coun-
ellis of state, she fed to Germany with her
son. In 1889 Milan needed the advice
of his statesmen and abdicated in favor
of his heir, Alexander
Alexander was thirteen when he be-
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throne clothed su naturel, while fam
tastically garbed or not at all garbed sub
tects upon whom he had conferred fan
tastic and ridiculous titles passed in re.
view and saluted by kissing his big toe.
For this he was disinherited and ban
ished
In the background, during this tumuIt
Of the crown princes making, was the
second son of King Peter. He was Prince
Alexander, of the same blood as the dis
graced youth, but totally different Alex
ander was studious and serious. He ex-
celled in mathematics and had dreams OF
being an engineer before being called to
live in a palace He was beloved BY the
troops he commanded and respected by
the officers OF the army.
Alexander was made heir apparent II
was a matter Of small moment to the
chancelleries Of Europe, who were dis
acknowledgements of the change were
perfunctory and trapped. In the two
wars preceding the big issue Alexander
acquitted himself creditably.
Then came the deluge and poor little
Serbia was annihilated. In July, 1914,
King Peter announced in Belgrade his
surrender of the throne TO the regency
of Alexander and wise men foresaw that
defense and occupancy Of the country
was TO be of brief duration. When the
Austrians began their serious drive
through Serbia there was no chance TO
stop 1t. The diminished and diminish
ing army fought valisntly but vainly un-
til the Serb was without country.
Through the succession Of reverses
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EH<Hce AIeXaHde1

variety for the roysterer. There were
queens of the half world, the opera and
the salons. Peter knew them all. Many
tales are related of the staggering Off
GERS escapades, and some of the scan
dals were sordid. And Serbia, then under
reign of the Obrenovitch Milan, knew
what Peter did.
In a way Milan was loved for his SOL
dierly qualities and his democratic poll
cies state ball at Belgrade in the
time OF Milan included the butcher, the
baker and candlestick-maker. One was
as apt to meet a milk magnate as a
MILFORD, a brewer as a baron.
Milan was a sensualist, openly, brazen-
ly, almost proudly. His affairs d'amour
were so numerous and followed with
such quick succession that attempt to
chronicle them would require a book.
Moreover, they soon ceased to excite
more than passing curiosity in his own
capital except when an added tax was
suspected of defraying the expense.
In these crises the wise Milan went to
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
Woman Spy Carries
Secrets in Bandages

The Growler is unique and very in
teresting paper. A recent issue had
twelve pages and from cover to cover was
filled with news that indicated that the
Canadians were in the thickest of the
Flanders operations, that there was mud,
and lots of it, everywhere, but that de-
spite the handicaps the soldiers of Can
ada were confident that eventually the
great drive which would compel the Ger
mans to retreat will start.
"Au communications" says tn g
Growler, ARE to be sent direct to the
managing editor, Canadian Fire Trench.
west of the German lines A branch office
is contemplated just in the rear of the
German reserve lines"
Every page Of the Growler showed
that the Canadians were impatient to at
tempt an advance
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in the apartment he maintained forher
that the king had him confined teIA1
palace. -
He delighted in supper parties wheee
favor passed to the wearer of the fewest
clothes unless it was tie because there
could be no further competition. On oc-
casiOn of a religious ceremony he con-
fronted the solemn procession with a
troupe of dancers some of whom wore
parts of his princely wardrobe and
others the scant costume of their call
ing. AS the king passed he swayed
drunkenly to his feet, called "Hurrah
for papa" and sprawled on the carriage
floor.
In drunken moment he shot a sentry
who refused to bite off the head of a
live rat, in another frenzy he thrust his
sword fatally into a soldier who had Of
Tended him Twice he ran away to
Paris with opera singers and had to be
forcibly brought back. On an occasion
when he knew his planned elopement had
been intimated to the king he and
show girl smuggled into a baggage
coach, got over the Austrian border,
bought a cheap gypsy outfit and took to
the road until his pursuers caught up
with them.
The escapade that forever forfeited
his chance to reign occurred during his
fathers illness. George was bored unit.
a suggestion was whispered, whereupon
he organized a mock court, sat upon the
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TT OW woman spy carried official
II secrets in the bandages on her
- "A supposedly broken arm, is story
told in the first issue of the Growler
published in the Canadian Fire Trench
West of the German Lines" in war-swept
Flanders. Here is the story:
"On the Swiss-Austrian frontier" 1t
says, the regulations are very strict
Women passengers are always more close
ly examined than the men. The other
day they caught one with her arm. in a
sling-a fractured arm set in plaster.
Despite her tears and supplications they
removed the plaster and brought to light
an arm as sound as a bell all bandaged
with documents Of military information
Another woman had notes Of information
written on her back with indelible ink"
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

1T takes three generations to make a
gentleman and longer to make a
king.
For in the code of caste royalty
is the pinnacle OF gentle breeding, of
courage. of culture and of all accomplish
ments attainable by man.
True, the opinion has not always been
unanimous that rulers have possessed
these virtues. Once upon a time an in
surgent courtier declared to one of the
English Georges:
Birth made you a king, but God AL
mighty could not make you a gentle
man"
Out of Serbia, that land Of immemorial
misery, has been thrust a prince ances-
tored by a peasant warrior four genera
tions back who by his clean living, his
heroic behavior at the head of his people
in war, his gentleness and above all his
justice has redeemed the shame of a race
of pro1igates only to find himself a king
without a country when those he was
set over to rule had learned to love him.
Prince Alexander of the Karageorge-
witch dynasty, regent ruler of a phantom
kingdom since the abdication of his
father, King Peter, in July, 1914, is COM
manding what remains of the Serbian
army somewhere in France" Recently
he visited England and he not only was
a guest of Britain's royal family, but was
shown marked attention and respect by
the Prince of Wales and other members
of that reigning house.
Until the beginning of the war, when
unhappy Serbia was made the pretext
for precipitating the conflict, King Peter
had received scant recognition as a reign
ing sovereign. True, the powers had
forgiven him the assassinations of King
Alexander and Queen Draga, which
ended the dynasty of Obrenovitch and
cleared the way for the Karageorgevitch
restoration They had accredited diUlo-
matte representatives to his court. but
Peter, the man, they did not invite to
their royal homes.
Nor was it entirely because Peter was
suspected Of guilty knowledge of the
plot in Belgrade which boosted him to
the blood-stained throne 1t is within
lue meIuOTy Oh lOIleTlnS SpenQInrl1tS OF
the French and Austrian capitals whose
livers have lasted through decades of
dissipation how Peter in his youth and
vigorous manhood stepped gaily along
the route OF rOues and needed no urging
in his worship of Bacchus.
He was seventy when he abdicated
and threescore and ten lives in memo
ries when primrose paths have been pre-
ferred avenues OF a gay-blading youth
From 1874 to 1858 King Peter lived in
the royal palace in Belgrade and was
tutored privately until the expulsion In
the latter year of his reigning father
from the country. Paris was the chosen
city of exile and the young Peter was
sent to st. Cyr, the French West Point
His parent was the third generation
from the swineherd ancestor and had the
veneer OF gentlefolk. So the dashing
princeling secured entree to the fash
ionable life Of the gayest of capitals.
Equally fortunate was the thrift which
enabled the family to grant him a fair
ish allowance. There were many COM
panions in those days who had more.
but few who could boast of being royal,
even II the royalty was recent of ac-
quirement and more recent in the divest
ment.
The Paris OF, Peters time held infinite
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came nominal ruler, subject to regency
established. Before he was seventeen
his,profigacy was the amazement of Eu-
rope At eighteen he declared himself
of age and stepped upon the throne. And
to the wonderment of the world he laid
his crown and his life it afterwards
proved at the feet of the Draga Maschin
who had openly been his fathers para
mour. The queen mother, Natalie, was
furious. She had been endeavoring to
make a match for her son with Mon
tenegrin or German princess, but the
youths reputation for licentious rest
lessness barred the way. In the end he
married Draga. When taunted with her
low birth, he said he himself was de-
scended from tender of hogs. Nothing
could deter him. The marriage took place
in 1900. 1t was the night Of June IL,
1908, the thirty-ffth anniversary of the
assassination of the kings uncle by
Alexander Karageorgevitch. that officers
of the army and a mob Of followers shot
down Alexander and Draga on the roof
of the palace. Then the bodies were
tossed into the gardens below that the
populace might see the work was fin
ished.
Eleven days later Peter Kara george
witch entrained at Geneva for Belgrade,
and his coronation followed. The queen,
a daughter of the king of Montenegro.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

and since, Alexander has been the idol OF
his subjects. He has accepted their pri-
vatiOns and shared with them his re-
sources. He has proved himself man,
clean, honorable, just. A gentleman and
a king.
Serbia is TO be restored. That much
has been admitted by both sides. As
buffer state it is necessary to continued
peace. But the occupant Of the throne
will depend upon who dictates terms at
the final surrender. II the allies win,
then King Alexander will ascend a throne
stained with much blood in a palace no.
torious for scandals and shame, and
those who know him say that he will
cleanse the atmosphere Of the foulness
of which ii has reeked
A gentleman and a kingI
Alexander CT Serbia
Perhaps.
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soon found favor with her new people.
Peter himself was too old to find allure
ment in folly. He settled down to rule
the land reclaimed to his race.
But the profiigacy of Serbian royalty
was not extinguished. Peter, the rake,
had reformed when drained of vitality.
But Prince George, heir to the crown,
showed willingness to take up the role
where his father had laid it down and
an aptitude that startled.
Finances had been cramped in the Ge-
neva home of the pretender and for the
first time George had ample spending
money and unlimited credit. Royalty
he squandered. Early he showed his
preference for women of the theater.
His first exploit of consequence involved
a pretty actress upon whom he bestowed
such conscious favor in the theater and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
RESTORATION TO ENTRa OF
LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST

Notice is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
LES acres, within the .Siskiyou Ma
tional Forest, Oregon, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the
provisions of the homestead laws OF
the United States and the act of
June IL. 1905 GA Stat. 233), at the
United States land Office at Roseburg,
Oregon, on May 20, 1916. Any settler
who was actually and In good faith
claiming any of said lands for agri-
cultural purposes prior to January l.,
1906, and has not abandoned same,
has preference right to make q
homestead entry for the lands actu-
ally occupied. Said lands were listed
upon the applications OF the persons
below, who have q prefer
ence right subject to the prior right
of any such settler, provided such
settler or applicant is qualified to
make homestead entry and the Pre-
ference right is exercised prior to
May 20, 1916, on which date the
lands will be subject to settlement
and entry by any qualified person. A
tract of l1.21 acres, described as the
NWh of Lot 4, Sec. 2. T. Al S., r. s
W., w. NJ, except that portion here
tofore restored under list 6-1S9, em-
bracing 9.53 acres, the net area here
by listed being 1853 acres. application
OF Kameel Joseph Khoeery, Waldo,
Oregon; List 6-1S36. March l, 1916.
d. X. PARROTT,
Acting Assistant Commissioner OF
the General Land ONCE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
PLAN REPUBLIC IN
SOUTHERN CHINA

Shanghai. April ig.--F Formation OF
4 new republic In southern China.
with u population OF io0.000.o0O,
may be announced within q few
weeks. Following the lead of Kwang
Tung province. the important mari
time province OF Che Riang has So
ceded from the authority OF Presi-
dent Yuan Shi Kal.
flmIssaries OF the reyolutIonIsts
have arrived In Canton and are IN
consultation there. II Is thought
likely that Canton will be made
capital OF the new republic Upon
reaching there the revolutionary
agents reported that Huan Fuk Lu
and Kwei Chow provinces we're about
to issue declarations OF independence
The movement appears spreading to
NIL provinces south OF the Yangtse
Kiang river.
In an effort 10 prevent dissolution
OF his nation. President Yuan has
summoned revolutionary leaders TO
confer with him at peking. South
ern rebels have not yet accepted this
invitation
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Grants Pass People
Fail 60 Recognize Kidney
Weakness

Are you Il bad lack victimy
Suffer twinges; headaches. dizzy
apcelsg
Go 10 bed tired yet up tired1
TIA surprising how few suspect the
kidneys.
kidney trouble needs kidney ,reat'
ment
poan's kidney pills are for the
Kidneys only,
Have convinced Grants Pass people
Of their merit.
Here's a Grants Pass ease; Grants
Pass testimony.
Kidney sufferers heroabou,s should
read Il,
", A. Treircn. Tls Highland nv.
enuc, Grants Pass, says: u suffered
for u long time from my back and
Kidneys. Nothing ever gave me re-
lief until took Doan's Kidney pills,
They strengthened my back and re-
ilcynd the dull pain across my KID
ncys. Doan's Kidney pills are the
best kidney medicine 10 be had"
Price soc. at oil dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney pills tho same
thai Mr.. Trefrcn had. Foster-Milburn
Props. Buffalo, n. y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
I'VE Sell and Guarantee
hM KEEN KLI71ER
a9 sTooLSand CUTLERY
ROGUE RIVER HARDWARE
The Big Red Front
COUNTERPART COINS
AROUND GRAy's HARI3oR

Tacoma. April i2.~-Hoping to un-
cover u big counterfeIting plant that
Ia believed 10 be located In the foot
hills OF the Olympic mountains.
United States government secret ser
yicc operatives are on their way TO
Aberdeen today. Large numbers OF
spurious dollars and half dollars are
declared to have been fioated recent
ly In all northwestern cities. parti-
cularly In the Gray's Harbor coun-
try. Tho counterfeits are exception
ally good limitations.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
SEIZED GERMANS WE'RE
on uNNEuTRaL SERVICE

Washington. April German
subjects seized by British naval au-
thorities from the American liner
China were engaged In unneutral
service. shifting Teuton base OF
operations to Manila from Shanghai.
England contended In replying to this
governments protest, the state de-
partment revealed today.
England. In its note to America.
contonded II had right TO seize
the Germans although they we're not
actually allied with enemy fighters
and had not violated the sovereignty
OF any neutral.
II held that the Trent case In the
American civil war upon which the
American protest was based was not
TO be compared with the liner China
situation, In this connection atten-
ton was called TO bomb plots and
other activities OF Great Britain's
enemies In neutral countries.
Upon reliable authority II was
learned that the note said.
German residents In Shanghai
have been engaged for some time in
the collection OF arms and ammuni-
tIon both for clandestine transmission
TO India and possibly for arming a
commerce raiding ship like the
Moewe."
In concluding. the message express
cd a hope that the United States
would not feel disposed to further
contend that the British action was
not justified. II said that the seized
persons were In effect Germans
whose past actions deprived them OF
any protection from a neutral flag.
The note argued that Germany had
seized all men OF military age In
France and Belgium. rendering in
valid the rules laid down in the Dec
laratlon OF London.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
The EARLY Circus.

Leaving out OF count the great cir
cuses Of Rome and Antioch and com,
ing down to something Of modern
times, the first circus In England was
on footpath known as Halfpenny
Hatch. in the Waterloo road. London.
There. In ITO. Astley's first perform.
ance was given. with the aid Of a
drum. two tifcs and, one clown. A
charge OF sixpence was made for the
front standing places. There was no
building and not even tent. bnt mere.
ly a ring OF ropes and stakes Primi.
tive as were the arrangements. Ashley
soon attracted good audiences and was
able to add 10 his program conjuring,
transparencies, vaulting and mmbling,
with displays OF fireworks. IN course
of time he was able TO hire an inclosed
groond and erected seats under u sub
stantial roof lie called the place Asst.
ley's amphitheater riding house.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland. April is,--Today's mar
ket quotations we're:
wheat Club. 9t@e7: bluostem,
t06Wi.07M.
oats---No. white feed, s4.7b@
2b,75.
barley Feed. 1925 ap29.
Hogs best live, 0.
Prime steers, o: fancy cows. 7.b0:
best calves, 0.
Spring lambs. i0Q10.b0.
Butter City creamery. 81; eoun.
try. 30@3i,
Eggs Selected local extras. 20
ai2i.
Hens. I'm; broiiers. 22h @2b;
geese. 10Gl1i.
Copper, ssh.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
TRACES or CYANIDE IN
WATERS OF MEXICO

III Paso. April II Slight traces
of cyanide have been discovered in
water along the southern route OF
the American expedition. according
to unconfirmed reports today. a VII
lIsta plot is suspected. There has
been no illness among Americans as
the water was anaiyzed before troop
ors or horses were allowed TO drink.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
SCIENTIFIC TRAINING FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL JANTTORs

Portland. April IA course OF
lectures for janitors In public schools
will be given under the auspices of
the Portland school board. beginning
April 22. In the view OF the educa-
tors. "janiting" is an art and should
be done scientifically or not at all.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
RUSSIA Is SHORT
ON SILVER COINS

San Francisco. April 12--Scarcely
silver coin "a left in Russia. The
people have returned TO q strange
currency method, because all the
silver has been called In. according
10 G, Loupsdky, one OF 25 Russian
refugees who arrived in San Fran
cisco today
"They now have kopeck bill.
worth about three-tcnths OF cent
and they have 10 kopeck pieces in
perforated sheets like postage
stamps" he declared.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
SEEK HIGHER WAGE
FOR WOMEN WORKERS

Portland, April IA nine-hour
day for women workers in manufac-
turing industries was recommended
to the Industrial Welfare commission
today by a conference committee
which met last night. The commit
tee also urged an increase in the
minimum wages for women from
1926 to 1854 q week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
TIME CARD
California and Oregon Coast
Railroad Company
lThe Oregon Caves Routel

The Oregon Caves Route)
Effective Monday. Jan. 20, 1916.
Train lv. Grants Pass........7: 100 am.
Arrives Waters Creek ..-S: 90 am.
Train 3 ly. Grants Pass 100 pm.
Arrives Waters Creek-...-.4:00 pm.
Train 4 lv. Waters Creek. IS: 90 pm.
Arrives Grants Pass..-...-6:00 pm.
On Sundays train No. is cancelled.
AL trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner Of G and Eighth streets,
opposite the Southern Pacific depot.
For all information regarding
freight and passenger service call at
the office Of the company. Public Ser
vice building, or phone 13S-R for
same.
Train viii stop on flag at any point
between Grants Pass and Waters
Greek, Passenger service every day
In the week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
The onIy rhIno Thcy Ever Did.

John Briglii's puWcrs Of sarcasm
we're almost unrlvNled, Some OF his
sharpesi uuelNnceS were ngalnS, mem.
bcrS ofuhe nolinty When boasts had
hccn rncc Of the antiquity Of Il prom
most rgaiily,that their ancestcrsNa.ae
ply,,. .wpllt9g S.oAslgscls N.s proi .at
q, ", Mas iltycr lhsNl Tint they d.a
.NnstN'Rg,isr 7
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
Composition Of an Army.

In the United States an nrmy Is made
up as follows: One hundred men con
stitute a company, four companies a
battalion. three battalions u regiment
three regiments brigade and from
three to four hrig,ides division. al
though we have no division classified
M such In our army. vM s
In Germany and Great Britain there
arc about 10000 men In n division and
10000 In nn army corps. In the Ger
man organization division OF infan'
try IL made M Of two brlgades a bri'
gadc Of two regiments, Il regiment OF
six bnttalions A cavalry division Is
composed OF three brIgades of two reg
Imcnts each and two or three batteries
Of horse artillery = New York Times
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
Charming on America.

Earnestly do desire for this coun.
Try that. instead Of copying Europe
with an undisccrning ciyillty. II may
hnve a character OF its own. CORE
spending to the freedom and equality
Of our institutions. s.--w. u. Charming.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12
VETERINARY SURGEON

iR r. g. RESTlni. vetcruaran
r'mre i6 cwinetro'it 1im5lcmrm'
Building. Phone llS-J. Resi-.
dence phone s05-R,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE-Fine saddle horse. two
good work horses and first-class
stock saddle. Grants Pass Livery
Barn. Phone S63. TAO