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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03
PAY-AS-WE-GO WAR
SAYS THE CABINET

Washington. sApril 3.--The prob
lem of financing Americas part in
the world war was directly before
President Wilson and his cabinet.
The department heads await only
action by congress on the war reso-
lution." Introduced last night. before
submitting the FIRST war budget" !"
calling for hundreds Of millions Of
dollars.
Il Is to be "pay-as-we-go" war,
the government has decided, "a war
sustained so far as may be equitable
by the present generation. by we'll
conceived taxation" the president
declared In his message.
It Is not the presidents intention
to shift the burden to further gen.
erations.
1T would be most unwise," the
president said. Ito base the credits
which viii now be necessary entirely
ON money borrowed. It Is our duty
to protect our people 80 far as we
may against very serious hardships
and evils which will be likely to arise
out Of the initiation which would be
produced by vast loans"
All will be made to share in the
sacrifice necessitated by the war. but
1t Is evident that the administration
has in mind plan of taxing heavily
the enormous incomes OF the rich.
President Wilson's suggestion for
a ''pay-as-you-go-war" will meet OPP
position in the house. This was
clearly indicated today when Minor
ity Leader Mann announced his be-
lief that I'VE must Immediately bor-
row money" and issue bonds.
Mann pointed out that the nation
still is paying its civil war, Sp&ish-
and Panama canal debts.
Moreover, he suggested that plans
for "confiscatory taxes" on incomes
above 100000 will doubtless prove
q subject for objection.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03
GERMAN BATTALION IN
WEST rs WIPED OUT

with the British Armies In France,
April 3.--An entire German battal-
ion, masslng for attack against the
advancing British forces east Of
Templeux, was mangled by British
artillery today. The British forces
continued their progress in the neigh
borhood OF st. Quentin, despite a
sudden bareback" into wintery
weather. Dawn today saw eight
inches Of snow and high wind
which piled drifts five feet deep In
some places. Fair weather sue
ceeded about noon with such a sud
den rise In the temperature that the
thaw was immediate. The resulting
mud and ooze made progress difficult.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03

On the Western Australian coast the
tides nrc so variable that II Is not an
uncommon sight 10 see vessels high
and dry at their piers.
The condor IL the only bird which
keeps It's offspring In the nest Tor
year. The young cannot hy for twelve
months after being hatched.
Biblical critics Of today have no
doubt that the behcmoth mentioned In
Job Ii the hippopotamus and that the
leviathan denotes the crocodile.
Il wish Fritz would write his figures
palmer. ! can't possibly tell from his
letter whether It Is 1000 or 10000 kisses
that he sends me- lflIegende Blaetter.
Tommy-Pop. what IL theorisi;
Tommy's Pop-A theorIst. my son. Is n
man who thinks he " learning ~ swim
by sitting on the bank aud watching u
frog.
Some people," said Uncle Eben. IRE
CARDS truth dc same as dey do Jewelry.
Dey admlres 1t very much. but only
uses II on special occasions - Wash
ington star.
You often hear 4 single man Dragging
that he never made a mistake In his
life. But you never heard a married
man make crack like that.-Cincin'
natl Enquirer.
A stceplechase horse. The Chandler,
10 reported by the Book OF Wonders"
to have covered thirty.nine feet In
single leap at Warwick. England. q
few years ago.
In the Sandwich Islands the bast, or
inner bark. Of Glossy plum tomentosa, q
species closely allied TO the true cotton
plant, 10 employed by the natives for
making rude twine.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland, April 3.---Today's mar
ket quotations were:
Wheat--Club. III; bluestcm, 179.
oats--No. ] white feed, 1850.
Barley--Feed, 400.
Hogs--Best live, 1926 % t4.35.
Prime steers, $50 % 9.75; best
cows. 500 a S!25; fancy calves, 10.
Spring lambs, 1850.
Butter--City creamery, 49,; coun-
try. 81.
Butterfat---44.
Eggs--selected local extras. 2s ~
20.
Hens, 22; brollers, Sb; geese, IAN
% 10.
Copper 30.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03

States is hereby formally declared;
and that the president be, and he
hereby is authorized and directed to
employ the entire naval and military
forces Of the United States and the
reserves Of the army to carry on the
war against the imperial German gov
ernment; and to bring the conflict
to a successful termination all the
resources Of the country are hereby
pledged by the congress Of the United
States"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Driven at last by the acts Of actual
warfare against the lives and pro-
perty Of the American people to a
point where further patience would
be, nothing less than criminal ne
glect. President Wilson has asked the
congress Of the United States to
formally acknowledge that stare o,
war now exists. In seeking such =
declaration the president also asks
that he be equipped with authority
to meet the acts Of the German en-
pire with the full force Of the army
and navy. and to carry on an effec-
tive warfare against a government
that he characterizes as a natural
foe to liberty"
The presidents message, read to
congress Monday evening. is approx
ed by the press and the people as
among the most able of American
state documents. II is severe in
dictment OF Prussian militarism, and
the president says that the wrongs
against which we now array our
selves are not common wrongs; they
cut to the very roots of human life"
Besides urging that congress by
resolution declare that Germany has
made war and is now making war
upon the United States. the following
are some OF the presidents recon-
mendations:
utmost practical cooperation In
counsel and action with the govern
ments already at war with Germany.
Extension Of liberal financial
credits to those governments so that
the resources OF America may be
added so far as possible to theirs.
Organization and mobilization OF
all the material resources OF the
country.
Full equipment Of the navy, par
ticularly for means Of dealing with
submarine warfare.
IAN army of at least 500. 900,
based on the principal OF universal
liability to service and the authorize
tion OF additional increments OF
100000 each as they are needed or
can be handled in training.
Raising necessary money for the
United States government so far as
possible without borrowing and on
the basis of equitable taxation"
OF the course to be followed in maxi
ing the declaration OF condition Of
war, President Wilson said:
II advise that the congress declare
the recent course OF the imperial
German government TO be In fact
nothing less than war against the
government and people Of the United
States. that II formally accept the
status Of belllgerent which has thus
been thrust upon II and that II take
steps not only to put the country Ia
a more thorough state OF defense but
also to exert all It's power and employ
all It's resources to bring the govern
ment OF the German empire to terms
and end the war"
lt.a.a - ll.....t4 ll.a .....
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03

= Tonight and Wednesday fair =
= except showers northwest por- \
= ton; southerly winds. \
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03
CHANGE NAME OF THE
KAIsERHoF RESTAURANT

San Francisco, April 3.-.The
Kaiserhof restaurant here today
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-03

changed its name to the Y. n l., The
proprietors would not admit the
trouble with Germany had anything
to do with tho change.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23
"Buck Duane!"

trail till you get within sight of Mer-
Ger. It's hundred miles from Brad
ford to Val Verde-about the same
from Ord. Time your travel to get
you near Val Verde on the morning
Of the twenty-sixth. You won't have
to more than trot your horses. At
two o'clock in the afternoon, sharp,
ride into town and up to the Ranch
er's Bank. Val Verdes q pretty big
town. Never been any hold-ups there.
Town feels safe. Make it a clean,
fast, daylight job. That's all. Have
you got the details?"
Knell did not even ask for the dates
again.
Suppose Poggin or me might be
detained?" he asked.
Longstreth bent dark glance upon
his lieutenant.
"You never can tell what IL come
off," continued Knell. "Tll do my
best"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23
CHAPTER XIV.

Like a swift shadow and as noise
less Duane stole across the level
toward the dark wall Of rock. Every
nerve was a strung wire. For little
while his mind was cluttered and
clogged with whirling thoughts, from
which, like a flashing scroll, unrolled
the long, battling order of action. The
game was now in his hands. He must
cross Mount Ord at night The feat
was improbable, but 1t might be done.
He must ride into Bradford, forty
miles from the foothills, before eight
o'clock next morning. He must tele-
graph MacNelly to be in Val Verde
on the twenty-ffth. He must ride
back to Ord to intercept Knell, face
him, and while the iron was hot strike
hard to win Poggin's half-won interest
as he had wholly won Fletcher's.
Failing that last, he must let the out
laws alone to bide their time in Ord,
to be free to ride to their new job
In Val Verde. In the meantime he
must plan to arrest Longstreth. 1t
was magnificent outline, incredible,
alluring, unfathomable in its nameless
certainty. He felt like fate. He
seemed to be the iron consequences
falling upon these doomed outlaws.
Under the wall the shadows were
black, only the tips of trees and crags
showing, yet he went straight to the
trail. 1t was merely a grayness be-
tween borders of black. He climbed
and never stopped. 1t did not seem
steep. His feet might have had eyes.
He surmounted the wall, and, looking
down into the ebony gulf pierced by
one point of light, he lifted a menac-
ing arm and shook 1t. Then he strobe
on, and did not falter till he reached
the huge shelving cliffs. Here he lost
the trail; there was none; but he re-
membered the shapes, tie points, the
notches of rock above. Before he
reached the ruins of splintered ram
parts and jumbles of broken wa. Is the
moon topped the eastern slope of the
mountain, and the mystifying black
ness he had dreaded changed to magic
silver light. 1t seemed as light as day,
only soft, Tellow, and the air held a
transparent sheen. He ran up the bare
ridges and down the smooth slopes,
and, like goat, jumped from rock to
rock. In this light he knew his way,
and lost no time looking for trail.
He crossed the divide, and then had
I'LL downhill before him. Swiftly he
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23

his face, drank again from the flask,
sat down, resumed his smoking, and,
drawing a paper from his vest pocket,
he began to study it.
"We'll I'm glad that's settled" he
said, evidently referring to the Duane
matter. "Now for the new job. This
is October the eighteenth. On or be-
fore the twenty-fifth there will be a
shipment of gold reach the Rancher's
Bank of Val Verde. After you return
to Ord give Poggin these orders. Keep
the gang quiet. You, Poggin, Kane,
Fletcher, Panhandle Smith, and Boldt
to be in on the secret and the job. No
body else. You'll leave Ord on the
twenty-third, ride cross country by the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23

cold, gray eyes. And Longstreth, who
leaned against the wall, handsome,
with his dark face and beard like an
aristocrat, resembled many q rich
Louisiana planter Duane had met.
Panhandle Smith carried pots and
pans into the cabin, and cheerfully
called out: eff you gents air hungry
fer grub, don't look fer me to feed
you with spoon"
The outlaws piled inside, made a
great hustle and clatter as they sat
to their meal. Like hungry men, they
talked little.
Duane waited there for while, then
guardedly got up and crept round to
the other side of the cabin, After he
became used to the dark again he
ventured to steal along the wall to the
window and peeped in. The outlaws
were in the hrst room and could not
be seen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23

Poggin, with both advice and menace
In his tone.
'If there's anything you hate, it's
man who pretends to be somebody else
when he's not. Thet so?"
Poggin nodded in Strengthening
wrath.
swell, Jim's new pard-thls man
Dodge-he's not who he seems. But
l know him. An when I spring his
name on you, Poggin, you'll freeze,
an your hand will be stiff when It
ought to be lightnin'-all because
you'll realize you've been standin'
there FIVE minutes-five minutes alive
before himp
,CTo BE coNTrNUEnl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23
Blu ZANE GREY

my Gawd, Dodge, what d you bus
in here fer2" he said, plaintively, and
slowly stepped forward. His action
was that of man true to himself.
He meant he had been sponsor for
Duane and now he would stand by
him.
Back, Fletcherw called Duane, and
his voice made the outlaw jump.
Hold on, Dodge, an you-all, every
body" said Fletcher. LET me talk
SEEM I'm in the wrong here"
His persuaslons did not ease the
strain.
go ahead Talk" said Poggin.
Fletcher turned to Duane. "Pard,
I'm takin' it on myself tibet you meet
enemies here when 1 swore you'd meet
friends. It's my fault. I'll stand by
you If you let me-" T..
mo, JIM" replied Duane.
"But what d you come fer without
the signal?" burst out Fletcher in
distress. He saw nothing but catas-
trophe in this meeting.
"Jim, amt pressin' my company,
none. But when I'm wanted bad"
Fletcher stopped him with raised
hand. Then he turned to Poggin with
rude dignity.
"POggy he's my pard, an he's riled.
I never told him a word tibet d make
him sore. l only said Knell hadn't no
more use fer him than fer me. Now,
what you say goes in this gang. l
never failed you in my life. Here's
my pard. 1 vouch fer him. Will you.
stand fer me? There's goin' to be hell
if you don't. An us with a big Job
on hand!"
While Fletcher toiled over his slow.
earnest persuasion Duane had his
gaze riveted upon Poggin. There was
something leonine about Poggin. He
was tawny. He blazed. He seemed
beautiful. But looked at closer with
glance seeing the physical man, instead
of that thing which shOne from him, he
was of perfect build, with muscles
that swelled and rippled, Dulging his
clothes, with the magnificent head and
face of the cruel, fierce, tawny-eyed
/ jaguar.
Looking at this strange Poggin, In
stinctively divining his abnormal and
hideous power, Duane had for the
first time in his life the inward quak-
ing fear of man. 1t was like a.
nn1I- = O11n1 hnll ri nurin with 4;
and numbing his heart. The old
instructive firing of blood followed, but
did not drive away that fear. He
knew. He felt something here deeper
than thought could go. And he hated
Poggin.
That individual had been considering
Fletcher's appeal.
"Jim, I ante up" he said, IAN If
Phil doesn't raise us out with a big
hand-why, he'll get called, an your
pard can set in the game"
Every eye shifted to Knell. He was
dead white. He laughed, and anyone
hearing that laugh would have realized
his intense anger equally With an as
surance which made him master of the
situation.
"Poggin, you're gambler, you are
the ace-high, straight-fush hand of the
Big Bend" he said, with singing
scorn. "Pll bet you my roll to a
greaser peso that I can deal you a
hand you'll be afraid to play"
phil, you're talllin' Wild" growled
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direct line with the light, and thus was
able to see better. Then he advanced
noiselessly but swiftly toward the back
of the house. There were trees close
to the wall. He would make no noise,
and he could scarcely be seen-if only
outlaw days he had taken risks with
only his useless life at stake; now,
with that changed, he advanced,
stealthy and bold as an Indian. He
reached the cover of the trees, knew
he was hidden in their shadows, for
at few PAGES distance he had been
able to see only their tops. From
there he slipped up to the house and
felt along the wall with his hands.
He came to a little window where
light shone through. He peeped in.
He saw q room shrouded in shadows.
a lamp turned low, table, chairs.
He saw an open door. with bright flare
beyond, but could not see the fire.
Voices came indistinctly. He went on
round that end Of the cabin. Fortune
favored him. There were bushes, an
old shed, a wood-pile, all the cover
he needed at that corner. He did not
even need to crawl.
Before he peered between the rough
corner of wall and the bush growing
close to it, Duane paused a moment.
This excitement was different from
that he had always felt when pursued.
1t had no bitterness, no pain, no dread.
There was as much danger here, per-
haps more, yet it was not the same.
Then he looked.
He saw a bright fire, a red-faced
man bending over it, whistling, while
he handled steaming pot. Over him
was rooted shed built against the
wall, with two open sides and two
supporting posts. Duane's seco1d
glance, not so blinded by the sudden
bright light, made out other men,
three in the shadow, two in the flare,
but with backs to him.
TITS a smoother trail by long odds,
but amt so short as this one right
over the mountain" one outlaw was
saying.
What's eatin' you, Panhandle?"
calculated another. Blossom an me
rode from PARKWAY Springs, where
Poggin is with some Of the gang"
Excuse me, Phil. Shore I didn't
see you come in, an Boldt never said
nothin'."
ut took you long time to get here,
but 1 guess that's just as WELL" spoke
up smooth, suave voice with a ring
in 1t.
Longstreth's voice - Cheseldine's
voice!
Here they were-Cheseldine, Phil
Knell, Blossom Kane, Panhandle
Smith, Boldt-how well Duane remem-
bered the names all here, the big
men Of Cheseldine's gang, except the
biggest-Poggin. Duane had holed
them, and his sensations of the mo-
ment deadened sight and sound Of
what was before him. He sank down,
controlling himself, silenced a mount
ing exultation, then from less strain
ed position he peered forth again.
The outlaws were waiting for sup
per. Their conversation might have
been that of cowboys in camp, ranch
ers at a roundup. Knell sat there,
TALL slim, like boy in years, with his
pale, smooth. expressionless face and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
conaressmen Make Call.

The American congressional party
visited today the zone in which the
troops are billeted and are receiving
war instruction. They first visited
headquarters in, the town, but did not
meet General Pershing, who is at
present in Paris. They went to Maj
Gen. Sibert's headquarters and were
taken out to see the American troops
in practice going over the top, bay
onet work on dummy Germans, and
an exhibition of their skill at shipping
and with hand and rife grenades,
mortars and the smoke barrage. Dur
ing the hand grenade instruction some
pieces flew close to the congressman,
who were enthusiastic over the en-
ergy displayed. by the troops, and
when one congressman called for
three cheers for the boys the party
cheered itself hoarse.
Later the visitors went among the
troops, shaking hands, chatting and
asking questions regarding the train
ing. They especially commented on
the physical fitness and cheerfulness
of the American soldiers They were
told of Saturdays trench fight, and
each was presented with shell cases
of the first days artillery firing
against the Germans. 49..... p,
The congressional party came from
Verdun, where they inspected the de.
lenses and were! entertained by the
French commanders.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
ANSWERS PEACE QUERY.

. Amsterdam, Nov. Czech deputies
in the Austrian lower house on Tues
day, says a dispatch from Vienna,
asked DR.. Won Seydler, the Premier,
for statement regarding the pros
pect for the srealization of a desire for
peace, EXPRESSED in letter sent to
the Deputies by bohemian women in
Moravia. The Premier replied he sim
cerely appreciated the desire Of the
women. He further replied: j.,
. Austria and; her Allies have re-
peatedly and publicly declared their
readiness for peace, and have pro-
posed peace program on which
basis an honorable peace as possible
for us and our opponents"
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that if it were lost it must be retaken
irrespective OF cost, so today's bat
tie bids fair to be most sanguinary.
The Canadians started from a line.
only 400 yards from the heart Of
ruined Passchendaele Their progress
was rapid despite the immediate sal.
vos of the heavy quick firers. The
German artillery concentrated east of
Passchendaele shelled the Canadian
field artillery heavily as the attack
began, but it's fire had diminished
greatly by 1880 o'clock, through coun-
ter battery work.
Concentrating Infantry.
Many afrplanes We're over. the Ger
man front, and Notwithstanding the
poor visibility, the observers reported
a large concentration OF German in
fantry in shell hole defenses between
and Moorstede.
The Germans also had pulled their
old troops and put in fresh divisions
all along the line.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
CONSTANTiNE'S TELEGRAMS
.. PUBLISHED

London, Nov: "a dispatch to
Reuters Limited from Athens says an
other series of kilograms, which~were
dispatched to Berlin during the
regime of King Constantine have been
published, and that they show the
secret efforts Of. the former King to
help the Germans win the war.
One OF these dispatches dated Jan
uary 81, 1916, follows 49,. r.
"The King of Greece pledges his
word to the German Emperor that in
no circumstances shall any soldier or
native be eanpae4sd by the Royal Gov
eminent against the German troops
or their Allies. Greece consents to
the use of the Brara-sees railway by
Germany and her Allies" q
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NEW MEXICO DRY.

Albuquerque, n. M, Nov. 7--Prohihi-
ton headquarters late last night claim
ed that New Mexico had joined the
prohibition ranks by a majority OF
10000.
Semi-official returns were available
from only 81 of 63S precincts in the
state. They gave for prohibition,
G,277; against prohibition, 1856.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
MCKENZIE AUTO VICTIM
DIES IN LOCAL HOSPITAL

Edward Coffin, aged "a, a farmer
residing near Mckenzie, died in one
of the local hospitals Tuesday morning
at 3:15 from injuries received on the
head when an automobile which he
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
FEDERAL AGENT HERE
STUDIES FUEL PROBLEM
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
plants means helping hand to our
government. II
With the billions of tons of Ignite
in this state and the three adjoining
states there is no reason for such a
great tonnage of anthracite and btu
minous coal being shipped into this
state from the east where it is SO
greatly needed. Il.
Remember Mr.. Hoover's word "con-
servation' and practice it whenever
it is possible and essential
There is not enough anthracite and
bituminous coal at the head of the
lakes this year to fulfill all OF the
orders, so let everybody help the
government in solving the existing
coal shortage. -.r.. y-... ,.'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-07
BEATEN IN ,okio.

Cincinnati, Nov. with the Presi-
Dental Women's suffrage proposition
decisively beaten, the voters of Ohio
today are still in doubt as to whether
they made the state wet or dry. At
late hour the vote against prohibit
ton is in the majority by 10000, but
a number of conditions exists that
might change the figure slight mar
gin.
In the Presidential women's suf-
frage contest, with 2,O02 precincts
missing, the vote against suffrage ran
we'll over the 100000 mark early to-
day, the vote being 25S,947 for suf-
frage, and 374,459 against.
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patches report considerable success
for the thrust The Canadians were
in the thick of the fight, and were re-
ported to have pushed a hundred
yards beyond the village Of :Passchen-,
daeele. Other advances were indicat-
ed farther to the north. a.. w..