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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01

Carbons for lighting and electro.
chemical purposes are made In Sweden
from tar by n new process.
Operated by gasoline engine or
esectric motor, n portable scoop con.
veyor has been invented that enables
one man to load wagon In far less
time than the work could be done with
a shovel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01
PoSTSCRIPTs

A lever arm lifts the top of new
range and holds It out Of the way whom
o FIRE Ii TO be fixed.
Large quantities Of peat are being
cut In the bogs In the midlunds and
west Of Ireland, In order TO cope with
possible lnck Of coni
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01
Classified Advertising
FOR SALE

FEED and Livery stable--Hay and
grain for sale. Red Front Barn,
Peter Graylin, Prop. Is
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01

FOR SALE OR TRADE-9OO acres
good land. three sets of houses.
near town and school, for Oregon
land. Address J. o. coffey Gown
erJ Mountalnair, New Mexico. Os
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01
Possibly Hadn't Been introduced.

Arthur owned bulldog that he had
been teaching to hunt rats. and when
ever he called out the word to him he
would run frantically to various
places to scratch. A neighboring
woman was so amused at the perform
ance that she wanted to show the
dogs tricks to her son, but to her
repeated call of rats the dog only
stood and looked at her. "Oh," said
Arthur coming up at this point, ne
doesn't know your rats"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-01
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
TIME CARD
Daily except Sunday
Effective May l, 1918
Train l lv. Grants Pass 100 D. m.
Train 2 lv. Waters Creek 500 D. m.

All 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, Lundburg
building. or phone 131 for same.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Mcintyre Plans Fight
Counsel Say Delehanty Case
Has Just Begun

Counsel for Judge John +. MCINTYRE
indicated yesterday that they still have
much legal ammunition TO use in tho
proceeding brought by James A. Dele
hanty to prove that he, and not judge
Mcintyre, was elected to the Court of
General Sessions in November. 1916.
The recount Of tho ballots ended Ia st
Wcek and gave Delehanty a plurality Of
S2o; s1 The Official count had given Judge
Mcintyre a plurality of about 800. Il
was expected the jury would be asked
yesterday 20 return a verdict on thc
recount. However counsel for judge
Mcintyre intimatcd that the case has
only just begun.
Herbert r. Limburg, of the Mcfntvre
counsel, asked Justice Sawyer to dis
miss the case on the ground shat Dele
hanty had failed to prove the ballots
recounted were the same ballots as
those cast at the 1916 election. that he
failed to establish the boxes contained
only such ballots as were cast at the
1916 election, and that they could not
have been tampcrcd with. Justice Saw
yer denied these motions.
The trial will be eentinusd te-dan.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Water Power Leases
May Bring Revenue

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Sharp
differences of opinion as to whether the
government should make water power
development a source of revenue deVci~
oDed to-tI.y at the first hearing ON
water power legislation before the new
spccial water power committee of the
House.
o. c. Merrill. of the Forestry Bureau,
speaking for Secretaries Baker. Hous-
ton and Lane, who drew the draft os the
Dill the committee is considering, said
IT vas better TO count on reduction of
rates to the consumer than on obtain
ing revenue for the government, but
Representative Sims, Of Tennessee, the
committee chairman, was insistent that
the legislation should be revenue pro-
duc!ng. He said the people now are
heavily taxed for the war that addi-
tional money ~ needed and that the
government should not shut itself off
from such profitable revenue source.
Under the bill the Icssees Of water
power would pay nominal rentals to
N government, With pcnatias IN the
form q higher rentals provided in the
event Of ovcrcharge TO the consumers
The bill, which has the approval Of
President Wilson, was explained in de-
tail BY Mr.. Merrill He said it did not
contemplate adjustment of rates from
time 10 time after lease has been
granted unless expressly stated, and
snKgcsted that the clause under which
the government could take over power
rights at the expiration Of the leases
unie9s the leases were renewed should
provide adequate protection to the gov
ernmcut.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19

IN killed, over million men in manned
a people whose army. nevertheless. is
stll holding, with an unconquerabc
steadfastness. over two-th,rd of the
Western front"
Predicts Trade Expansion
Great expansion Of American trade
throughout the world after the war was
predicted by W. 7. G. Harding cover
nor of the Federal Reserve Beard, in an
address tonight before the Congress.
The foundation has already been laid
IN the establishment of foreign
branches Of American national banks,
he said, and normal peace times with
an augmented merchant marine will re-
suit IN an increased importance of
American international trade.
Our exporters and manufacturers,
said Mr.. Harding, should keep con-
stantly In mind the great possibili-
ties of world trade after the war is
over, and they should lose no oppor-
tunIty or aroQsing sentiment favora-
Bile to American goods in those coun-
tries with which our trade has hereto
fore been limited"
Utilization of tho nations waterways
as means Of relieving t,c railroads
OF their ovcrburden of freight was
urged by Senator Ransdell, of Louis
lana. He suggested use OF part of the
So0O00O,000 revolving fund provided in
the railroad bill for constructing barges
tor rivers and canals.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Authorities Complete Ar
rangements for Their =.
Seizure To-day
u. s. to Man Vessels
Hollands Sailors Entitled To
Be Returned TO Their
Homes

Forty Dutch ships, of 100000 ton:
aggregate, now in New York Harbor
will be taken over by the United States
government to-day, according to ar.
rnngements completed yesterday by
representatives. of the navy and tbs
United States Shipping Board. The
actual hour Of transfer of control OF
the vessels has not been officially an
nounced, but vast machine is waiting
to be set in motion the minute the
word is flashed from Washington.
All day yesterday Federal officials
conferred here, planning the best way
to meet what all acknowledged to be a
delicate international situation. Diplo-
macy will be relied on as far as posi-
Bile to effect the transfer without fric
tion.
Yesterday at noon was .he time
originally set for the transfer, but the
postponcment Of twenty-four hours was
taken because Of the diplomatic situa
ton
All of the Dutch liners here arc
Naval Reserve were yesterday put or
board six Hollahd-Ame liners al
Hobokcn piers, and the others of the
fleet scattered throughout the bay were
lso under sharp surveillance.
The liners have been practically
stripped OF their crews. and little fear
is felt that machinery will be tampercd
with, as in the case of German ships
seized here. No chances are being
taken, however, of having the engines
damaged and the boats put temporarily
out of commission and the machinery
of each ship is being safeguarded.
The method of procedure, it is under
stood, will be similar to that followed
after the United States entered tbs
war. The Dutch officers and crews
however, will not be treated as rris-
oners, but as guests of the nation,
rs one official put it.
At The hour determined the ships
viii be visited by navy and Shipping
Board officials. and the deck officer
respectfully informed that he has been
relieved Of his charge. A careful in
ventory will be made Of the ships
equipment, stores, cargo and bunker
supply. and the vessel turned over to
an American officer.
immigration officials will board the
vessels with the other Federal repre-
SSltdCIVcS, anu lHc men Ol lnC crews
will be allowed to land under the same
conditions as govern all aliens, if they
so elect. Many of them have already
entered the country since the Dutch
vessels reached here last fall, and are
employed here. some of them working
OF American merchant marine vessels
chartered bv the government.
IF tlo sailors choose, however. under
their contract with the Dutch shippin +,
companies, they are entitled to be re-
turned to their homes. According to
a Federal official, the original crews
will be replaced by American compile
mcnts.
A majority of the officers of the ves-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Missionaries Cost
High, Bapsists z ind
Increasing Charges Led tc
Campaign for 100000;
N. Y. Quota S25O.OOO

The high cost of missionaries is the
principal reason behind the campaign
being conducted by Baptist laymen to
collect $1000,Oo0 When the cost of
living began to soar missionaries, just
like other mortals, felt the decreasing
purchasing power of the dollar. Those
in foreign lands were peculiarly af-
fected because the depreciation in the
value of currency in foreign countries
made the American dollar sent to them
shrink considerably under the prevail
ing rates of exchange.
AS result the eight Baptist organi-
zations involved found they would in
cur deficit of more than 100000 if
they were to continue their work on
the scale Of last year. In authorization
OF this impending deficit, and also Of
the wartime needs of churches near
training camps, the National Commit
tee OF Northern Baptist Laymen BEGAN
yesterday to gather in the million dol
lars necessary to continue their work.
From the thirtyfour states north of
the Mason and Dixon line contributions
are co ng in to national headquarters,
at 200 fifth Avenue. -
10 New York State has been allotted
quota Of $25o,o0o. a. c.. Bedford,
president pe,, OF the Standard Oil Company,
formally launched the campaign SIM,
day at the Fifth Avenue Bantist
Church.
In New York City the campaign will
continue until April 7, one week longer
than elsewhere in the jurisdiction Of
the Northern Conference, where Easter
Will mark the close Of the drive.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
First Wood Ship in East
ToBe Launched I o-day
I Staff C0yrosp0ndonco]

WASHINGTOM, March 18.-~The first
wooden ship built under the Emergency
Fleet programme in Eastern yards will
be launched tomorrow afternoon at
Newark, n. j., according to an an
nouncemont made to-day by Chairman
Hurley Of the Shipping Board The
vessel has been constructed by the
Foundation Shipbuilding Company at
Kearney Meadows. She is of $500 tons
This first wooden vessel to leave the
ways in Eastern yards will be christ
ened by Miss Phyllis Hughes, daughter
of former Senator Hughes, of New
Jersey. She will be called the Coyote
The Coyote has been under con
struction for six months. This period
is from six weeks to two months longer
than normal for turning out woodrn
hull. The delay is explained by Diff
culties encountered by the Foundation
company in obtaining materials, on
account Of the congestion of railroads
about New York
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Anti Whitman Men
ryirag TO Abolish
ood Commission
Governors Opponents Call
Expense Unnecessary at
Joint Inquiry
Mitchell Defends Body
Chairman Says Only $40, ,326
Has Been Spent Of ST.
100000 Fund
Mitchell Defends Body
[Stnf Correspondencel

ALBANY, March 1S.-Every indica
! ton that anti-Whtman leaders in the
Legislature would try to abolish the
state Food Commission WAS given al
the investigation OF the commission to.
day by the subcommittee Of the joint
legislative war committee.
It was the opening session and, con
sequently, in the nature Of a fishing ex-
cursion for those in the Republican
party opposed TO Governor Whtman's
third term and Presidential ambitions
Assembly yman Mark A. Goldberg
Democrat, was responsible for the one
big point scored by the investigators
today. He asked Calvin j. Huson, di-
rector of the bureau of increased pro-
Gucticn of the commission, about some
employees classified as agricultural
labor specialists. Mr.. Huson's reply
vas chat there were twenty-three of
these men and that they each received
$500 year
Expense Called Unnecessary
Then Senator E.on Il. Brown. Chair
man of the sub committee, qu2zed not
only Mr.. Huson but John MITCHELL
chairman OF the commission. as to who
these specialists we're. where they came
from, just what they did and what
qualifications they had.
1t was established that their duties
consisted IN remaining at the various
state employment bureaus to pick out
nd, ,rrH0 I'll
farms. Some of them were appointed
at the request Of farmers organiza-
tions and others at the suggestion of
labor organizations. One of the agr-
cultural labor specialists is a cigar
maker. anothcr u piano tuner and the
third the editcI of country news
paper.
Senator Brown said he thought this
was the wrong way OF going about get
ting labor for farms and that the Can
adian plan of establishing community
committees should be followed, He
thought that Sl,S00-a-year men were
not the sort to have any influence with
factory owners and other big employers
of labor and that if this plan were to
be followed the S1,S00 men should be
discharged and higher priced men hired
in their stead.
Another point scored by Mr.. Mitchell
was his statement that the commission
had spent but $79 ,S26 to date. 1t had
been given out by the anti Whitman
leaders that The commission had spent
largo sums and had about exhausted
the S1,30o,0c0 appropriated for it last
iail, and was soon to asi; Tor another
million dollars.
H. Z. Babcock statistcian en-
ployod By the committee, gave figures
showing that 22531 laborcrs had LET,
the farms of this state last year. He
said that enough bows had been OBJ
tanned to make the shortage less than
ten thousand this year Senator
George A. Slater, of Westch ester, dis
agreed with this, saying the farms of
New York State would be short from,
sixty to seventy thousand laborers un-
less something was done and done
quickly.
The investigation viii be resumed
Friday.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
lStnf Cor1espondencel

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-All new
steel ships to be built by the Shipping
Board viii have anti-submarine feat
ures in their construction, it was an
nounced to-day. While the details Of
construction arc not available for pub
lication, it can be said that compart-
ment construction VIII be the main
feature. This will probably take the
form Of double bottoms with numerous
alright compartments throughout.
About so per cent of the steel ships
under construction are to be Oil burn
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Grand Jury Drawn
TO Probe + usion
Campaign Fund

Ten Republicans, nine Democrats
preference were selected yesterday as
an extraordinary grand jury to pass
on the evidence which District Attor
ney Swami has wrung out of his four
months investigation Of the Mitchell
Fusion campaign fund. The grand
Jurors were questioned closely by JUS
ticc Gof and Assistant District Attor-
ncy Tallcy before thcy were accepted.
Mr.. Taley at ali times wanted to know
whether the respective jurors had any
affiliations, even remotely, with tho
persons whose nanlel figure in the cam
paign to reGlect John Purroy Mitchell.
The work OF selecting the grand jury
consumed NEST of the day. Tho entire
panel Of fifty men was exhausted be-
fore the necessary twentythree jurors
We're obtained. Justice GotI wIl
afternoon. Considerable Importance is
attached to this charge, as the grand
Jurors take their instructions on the
law first from the District Attorney
and ultimately from the judge presid-
ing over them.
The list of Jurors follows:
Frederick r. Fortmeyer treasurer,
III Broadway. Democrat; Leon \. Ad-
Ter, chemist. 100 William Street (not
cnrolled); Mitchell g. Bernstein. re-
tired, SO Central Park West, Demo
crat; Henry $. Brightman, retired, 22G
West Seventeen Street. Republican,
T. Cl;tFc Johnston. real estate, 80
BecKman Street, Democrat; Abraham
Schwab. real estate. 1870 Broadway,
Democrat; William Clarke, woollens,
225 Fourth Avenue, Republican: Ar
thur c. Kaufman, chemist SO John
Street, Republican; Victor NJ. Opper,
merchant, 1852 Fourth Avenue, Demo
crat; Sidney Haven Putnam, publisher,
9 West Forty-fifth Street mot en-
rolled); Clarence j. Ramsey, real cs-
tate, Iii Broadway, Democrat.
Joseph A. Scott manager, 20 West
Thirty-eiehth Street, Republican: Har-
old II. Hackett, clothing, 81 Union
Square, North, Republican; Leo Lich-
(not en2ollcd); James i. Sullivan,
agent. 500 Broadway, Republican; Silas
Swartz, manufacturer, l3 West Nine =
teenth Street, Republican; Robert APP
pleton, publisher, 1870 West Thirty
second Street, Republican; j. Sinclair
Armstrong, retired, 80 East Sixty-first
Street, Democrat; Edward J. Cuddihy.
sexton, 348 East Fifty-ffth Street,
Democrat; Carl Heller, manufacturer,
S92 Broadway. Democrat; Edward G..
Ncith, manufacturer, All Fifth Avenue,
Republican; Ludwig Vogelstein, metals,
42 Broadway, Republican. and Paul
Moss, snonger, II East Twelfth Street
(not onrolled).
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Three ons Of Coal
F or Every Consumer
Operators Urge Continued Con
servation OF Anthracite

oCt EdllOi Ol <-Aiiti!l GI!lC
PHILADELPHIA, March 1S.-Danger
of continued scarcity OF coal and
the necessity of conservation to supply
war industries and the government are
pointed out in statement to-day by
the Anthracite Operators General Com
rrittee here.
The committee dscloses that there
are only three tons of domestic coal
on an average for every consumer. The
statement says:
with the fuel administration sug-
gesting to the anthracite consuming
public that they. order their next vim
ters supply of coal after April ], the
inference should not be taken that coal
is plentiful now and that yards are
stocked up with it.
"'Fte total population of the anthra-
cite burning area, which includes New
England and the Middle Atlantic States,
is 32,877 500. If 25,0C0,000 CT this
total would be taken for g basis, it
would mean that there would be three
tons to every consumer, there having
been 77,000,0 GOO tons Of anthracite
mined in 1917.
"Three tons, or 6,720 pounds. makes
f72 shovcls al ten pounds for an aver
age. FOR the 240 days in the coal year
this would mean about three shovel
fuls day as the burning quota for
each person to oqualizc last years out
mt"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Senator'S Renew
Fight TO Raise
rice of Wheat
Guarantee to F Farmers Must
Be Increased to Insure
Supply, They Say

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-We Western
Senators renewed their fight for a
higher guaranteed wheat price to-day,
citing the ability Of farmers TO make
more money raising other cereals,
shortage and increased cost Of farm
Labor. and vital necessity OF insuring
adequate wheat supplies.
The debate was on Senator Cores
proposal to increase the price for the
1915 crop 20 $3.50 per bushel. A two
thirds majority is required to suspend
the rules fer action on the proposal
and its advocates are said not to be
hopeful OF mastering the necessary
votes when the test comes, probably to-
morrow.
Open Market Advocated
Wheat price-tixng. Senator Nelson,
OF Minnesota, Republican, asserted, has
been AN abJoct failure" He advocated
an open market. with prices fixed only
ny natural laws. or extension of price
fixing 10 other cereals which have in
creased in price and are more profit
able for farmers to raise.
While expressing reluctance to in
crease the cost of living by raising
" neat prlceS, senator Kellogg, OF MIN
nesota, declared such action absolutely
necessary TO stimulate production and
prevent a national and world shortage
Other Senators speaking in support
OF the Gore amendment included Borah
of Idaho; Curtis, of Kansas, and Nor
rls. of Nebraska, all Republicans
"'The result of fixing wheat prices
much lower than would be obtained in
the o2en market" Senator Norris said,
caused increases IN prices of substi-
tutes whica the consumer was made
20 buy hy the food administration.
Boosts Cther Nrlcaa
go for the sake of getting lower
wheat prices for The Allies we raised
prices of everything else to the Amer
ican people"
Ale added that wheat must be pro-
duced regardless of cost.
Conservation of wheat substitutes
was urged by Senator Sherman. of H.
linois, Republican. He read the Bible
story of the loaves and fishes, observ-
ing that the bread was of barley and
asserting that two billion gallons of
beer were made from barley last year
Use IS food Of cereals now being made
into beer and It's limitations was urged
b. the Illinois Seuator
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
George w. Markey. s..

George w. Markey, sr.. retired pub
Usher and insurance man, died on Sun
day at his home, ABS East 10th Street.
from apopexy, believed to have been
superinduced by the shock of 5. grand
daughters death week before. He
was sixty-one years old. In the early
sos he was head of the Frank Tousey
Publishing Company, and for several
years he was managing editor of 'Army
and Navy" He also organized the
Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company
and was its president. lie is survived
by wife, enc daughter and four sons.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Notables at Funeral
Of James Stillnan

Funeral services for James Stillman,
late chairman of the National City
Bank, were held yesterday morning IN
st. Bartholomew Church. Bishop
David II. Greer ofiiciated, assisted by
the Rev. DR.. Percy Gordon. Men high
in the finances of the nation and repre-
sentatives of foreign governments at
tended
The coffin was draped in Hack vel
vet pail. covered with Easter ilies.
The honorary pallbearers, who accom-
W. Sterling, Henry A. c. Taylor. j. z.
Morgan, William Woodward, George 2.
Cortelyou, William ". Sim0A5cn. John
il. Fulton, General Nignal, of tho
French Embassy, John A. Stewart.
Cleveland H. Dodge, Edwin S. Mar2ton,
Marvin Iughitt. Charles Y. kicn and
Colonel Samuel McRoberts.
The services consisted merely of
the Episcopal ritual, with no choral
features. Handel's Largo" was played
as the procession entered the church
and Mcndclssohn's Funeral March" as
it left.
/, Mrs Stilman was accompanied bv
her son, James A. Stllman. Other
members of the family present in
cludcd Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Still
man, Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Rookie
teller, MIR. and Mrs Percy A. Rocko-
teller, Lieutenant and Mrs. William A.
Rockefeller and Dr and Ms Erncst
G. Stillman.
Others who attended included
Thomas E. Ryan, Martin Nogel. As
sstant Treasurer Of the United States
f. II. Thomas. Henry Morgenthau
Abram I. ElAus, Oscar s. Straus
George j. Gould, Captain Ii. II. w
Hawkins, British army; James Speyo,
and S. Imamura.
Delegates of the Society of the
Cincinnati and Holland Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons, were also pres
ent. The burial, at Woodlawn, was wit
messed only by members Of the family