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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY
but it has apparently been stamped
One Monarch Died

out.
 One Monarch Died During the year one ruler of a
 belligerent country died. The death
 of the Sultan of Turkey was an
 nounced in June, subsequent repnjts intimating he had been murdered. Assistance for Russia Since the collapse of Russia the allied nations have sought to find way to assist the people who are
 being exploited by the Germans.
 French, British and American forces have been landed on the Murman or
 Kola peninsula, on the north coast.
 They have not actively intervened. however, being there only to protect allied property which had been land
 ed at the port of Kola before Rus. sia withdrew from the entente alli- ance.
 In Siberia there is well-defined anti-Bolsheviki movement which has
 been built up around Czecho-Slovak prisoners of war who armed them selves and inflicted defeats on the Bolsheviki. A new government has
 been set up there under General
 Morvath, president of the Chinese
 Eastern railroad. Japanese, British and American marines have been in the city of Vladivostok for months. Neutrals
 Countries which are not engaged in the war have suffered during the twelve months. Switzerland and Hol, land, being adjacent to Germany. have been threatened by the central
 powers a number of times in mat
 ters relative to economic concessions.
 Holland. especially, has been beset
 with difficulties and at present the
 allies are protesting against her ex-
 porting supplies to Germany. Norway has signed an agreement
 with the United States by which l commercial relations may be carried
 on. Sweden has been dealing openly with Germany and has been threat
 ened with virtual boycott by Great Britain. Both nations have lost severely through the depredations of German submarines.
 Denmark is in serious plight also
 and it has been reported that there is great suffering among the people
 of that country.
 New BeIligerents Three new countries have declared
 war on Germany during the ya"r
 They are Costa Rica, Guatemala and
 Hayti. The Argentine, although near
 a break because of the machinatioL;
 of von Luxburg the German amhas-
 sador at Buenos Ayres, has taken no
 step in that direction. Mexico has
 remained neutral.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19

the last phase of the German of fensive, while in the Chateau-Thierry sector they held their line in vital region against the utmost fury of the Teutonic onslaught. North of Chateau-Thierry, Americans helped to stop the drive of the Germans in the early days of June; and in the Somme sector, at Cantigny and Grivesnes they have given proof of their soldierly qualities.
 The allies have been called upon to face two great offensives during the past year. The first of these came last October in Italy and the second, in France, began on March 21. The German drives in France, while separated by periods of from a few days to several weeks, have been considered as different phases of the same offensive. The abortive Aus trian attack against Italy in June also is looked upon as merely an other attack against the western front and not as a distinct military operation.
 | But these offensives perhaps never would have been begun had it not been for the collapse of Russia dur | ing the past winter German and Austrian troops, released from the Russian front, were taken to France and Italy to swell the masses of men hurled against the allies in the west ern theatre of operations. As long as Russia remained in the fight she held great numbers of Teutonic troops in the east. and her withdraw al from the war exercised funda- mental influence on the course of it's development.
 Situation a Year Ago The year opened with the fortunes of war apparently favoring the en- tente The British had forced back the Germans to the famous Hinden- burg line. The French had estab- lished themselves firmly along the Chemin des Danes, north of the Aisne. The echoes of Verdun were still ringing the knell of German hopes in that sector of the battle area The Italians were holding their lines along the Isonzo. The rejuvenated Russian regiment of July First" had carried the war fa1 into the Austrian defenses in Buko wina and Galicia.
 Through August and September 1917, there came rumors that Russia was exhausted by the war, and quiet settled down the lines from the gates of the Carpathians to the Baltic Stories were heard of fraternizatior of German and Russian troops but assurances came from Petrograd tha Russia would stand true to her al lies.
 Fall Offensive in Italy
 The German and Austrian higf commands had no illusions as tC further Russian belligerency. There came to the allies reports that tht central empires were taking the picl of their forces from the Russian front and concentrating them for ; drive against some part of the lint in the western theatre. Then camt
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19

1nClmaClOnS that the DlOW was dlHeu against Italy.
 The storm broke at Caporetto on Oct. 26 and almost immediately the whole Italian line was thrown into disorder Pouring through the passes, where in some instances disaffected Italian troops held positions, the Ger mans and Austrians made progress which from the first was alarming. By wise generalship the Italian line was withdrawn from the lsonzo. It paused at the Tagliamento and then retired further until it rested on the Piave, almost within sight of the domes of Venice. There the Italian army reformed its columns, consoli- dated it's positions by withdrawing from the Rhaetian mountains to the Asiago plateau and, assisted by the French endorsements brought to that battlefront, stood at bay.
 Russian Collapse
 Events in the meanwhile had been moving swiftly in Russia. On Mo- vember 1, while the offensive against Italy was under way, Alexander F. Kerensky, then the Russian premier, announced that Russia was worn out by the war and that the allies must shoulder the burden thenceforward.
 Seven days later Kerensky was de posed by the Bolsheviki The fall and flight of Kerensky was the signal for Germany and Austria to enter into peace negotiations with Russia On November 30 the Bolsheviki an. nounced that Russia was out of the war and proposed that all the allies join in negotiations for an armistice
 Russian and German representa- tives met at Brest-Litovsk on Decem Der p, and terms of peace were eX- changed. No progress was made with the negotiations, and the con. ference was broken up on January II. In the meantime, new repub- lie had sprung from the side of Rus sia. It was Ukraine, a territory ex- tending along the Rumanian and Cali clan frontier from the Black Sea northward to Cholm, in ancient Po- land. With this republic, the cen tral empires made peace late in Jan uary.
 The failure of the Bolsheviki au- thorities to reach any agreement with the Germans resulted in the renewal of hostilities on February IS, and the German armies moved for ward once more.
 Brest-Litovsk Treaty
 This brought about renewal of the peace negotiations, and at Brest. Litovsk the Bolsheviki were given to understand that Germany would rec. ognize the kingdom of Poland, the republic of Ukraine, the independence of Finland, and the separate govern mental status of Lithuania, Esthonia and Livonia. Turkey, as an ally of the central powers, was given great area to the east of the Black Sea including the regions of Batum, Kars and Erivan.
 With the announcement of the final signing of the treaty between the Bolsheviki and Germany, the allies gave up hope that Russia would re main in the conflict, and at once they began to strengthen their lines against the coming of the great Ger man offensive by which Berlin anC Vienna hoped to force the entente ma tions to make peace. .. Rumania CapituIates With the greater part of her ter ritory occupied by the Germans, Aus trians and Bulgarians, with her gov ernment driven from Bucharest tt Jassy and with the Russian Bolshe
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19
Resune0fthe| Fourth Year of w ar

Events big with the fate of nations have marked the fourth year of the war which now comes to a close. It has been a twelve months of al ternate hope and concern for the powers of the entente alliance.
 It was on July 2S 1914, that Aus tria declared war on Serbia, begin ming the great struggle. During the past twelve months there have been occurrences that in some aspects have been of even greater import in their influence upon the world than those in the preceding period. Russia's collapse, the Italian defeat last autumn, the stupendOus drives of the Germans against the allied armies, and the wonderful defensive operations that have again and again checked the enemy when success for him seemed near at hand have held the world breathless. But, transcend ing the significance any event in the actual theatres of the war, Americas s full participation in the conflict, in volving the transportation overseas of more than a million men to en gage in it must remain for all time the great outstanding feature of the fourth year of the struggle. It is upon America that the entente is relying for the men and resources to turn the tide.
 A year ago the number of Ameri- can troops going to Europe had not begun to assume large proportions. A few regulars and some National Guardsmen had been sent to France, but most of the big military train ing camps were still being built and the men selected as the first contingent to be called to the colors were still in citizens clothes. Until the first day of August of 1917 the total number of American soldiers taken overseas was 26,967.
 OOoA dlICl IuuI uoIC tAAC AiiO of troops was accelerated. Thousands were despatched across the Atlantic during the winter months, but it was not until the great German offensive was started late in March of 1918 that the movement began to assume really noteworthy proportions. The figures for the months from Aug 1 1917 to July l 1918, follow:
 August. 1S.323; September, 52,523; October, 3S,259; November, 23,0l6; December, 4S,S4O; January. 46,776; February, 4S,O27; March, S3,S11; April, 117,212; May. 244,a45; June 276,382.
 On July 1, 1918, there were 14,61l American marines in France, bring ing the total number of American troops in. that country and Italy ul to 1,O19,115.
 During the recent fighting ir France the work of the Americat soldiers has compared favorably witf that of other fighting men in the world. They have held sectors here and there along the front. They arc in Alsace and -northward in the LOT raine sector. The famous St. Mihie sector is held by Americans, who arc posted also on the line along the heights of the Mouse. East of Rheims they took part in the fighting during
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19
LAST. TRIP TO >
 NORTHERN CAMP

On the last trip to the Koyukuk for the season, the steamer Reli- ance pulled out of Fairbanks yester- day morning. But one passenger was booked, Miss A. V. Horner, who is returning to Ruby after short visit in town.
 The steamer took no freight from this port. all freight consigned to the northern camp being at Tanana. at which place it will be loaded on the boat. About 100 tons will com prise the load, and will be distribut- ed at the camps along the Koyukuk river.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19

wiki openly hostile toward her, Ru- mania found herself in a critical situation. Rumanian troops during February and March advanced into Bessarabia, part of the new re- public of Ukraine, but they were hemmed in by the enemy forces and obliged to withdraw. At last, on May 6, Rumania signed treaty of peace with the central powers.
 By this treaty Rumania lost the province of Dobrudja, on the south side of the Danube, which she had received after the Balkan war, and agreed to-a rectification of her west ern frontier. Economic concessions also were made under pressure from the Teutonic alliance.
 Peace Tentatives
 The period between December 1. 1917 and March 1, 1918, may be called the period of peace tentatives. It is true that before the end of the summer Pope Benedict made an ap peal to the warning nations to enter into peace negotiations, the basis fo1 pourparlors being the restoration of Belgium and Serbia and the return to Germany of her lost colonies. This appeal, made on August 13, was answered by President Wilson on August 29, when the President an nounced that the German government as constituted could not be believed and that the United States was ready to enter into negotiations when the German people showed they desired peace and when they spoke through any authority which would be repre-. sentative of them.
 The German answer to the POpe's appeal reached the Vatican on Sep tember 21. It expressed hope that further warfare could be averted through the good offices of the Pope, but declined to enter into any en- gagement to meet what the allies had declared to be their minimum war aims.
 German Peace Offer German efforts to secure peace which would leave to Germany all the fruits of her victory gained through Russia's collapse, and with Belgium and large portions of France to be used as pawns at the council table, began. with the address of Count Czernin, then Austrian foreign minister, at Brest-Litovsk, on Decem- Der 26. The keynote of the address was general peace without annexa. tions and indemnities.
 On January 8, President Wilson, addressing congress, said that the United States must know for whom 1 the German rulers were speaking The address was complement to an address made on January by David Lloyd George, the British premier. l To these addresses reply was made by Imperial Chancellor von Hertling of Germany, and Count Czernin. The latter was pacific and conciliatory ir tone, while the former, alluding te "the good German sword" showed he was speaking for the militarists of the Germanic powers.
 "Four Principles" Enuneiated.
 To these replies there was re joinder by President Wilson, who, or February Il, again addressing con gross laid down what have come to be known as the -Four Principles upon which peace can be based Briefly, these principles were:
 Final settlement must be based or essential justice.
 Peoples and provinces are not tt be bartered about like chattels.
 Every territorial settlement mus be for the benefit and in the inter
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-19

Sam Olson of Goldstream is among the late arrivals.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07
boy SCOUT DRIVE
SET FOR APRIL 70

The date for the beginning of the
intensive campaign by the Boy
Scouts In the Third Liberty loan
drive has been definitely set for
April 20. and will continue unto the
end OF the month. This means that
for the first two weeks Of the drive
that the scouts will not take any part
In the solicitation OF subscriptions.
President Wilson has expressly ask
Cd the national council Of Boy Scouts
to use them a. CLEANERS after the
reapers." The reason for this is that
the scouts are participating in the
campaign and not running Il. and
that experienced statesmen will be
used In the general sale. The scout
service Ia In the nature Of a clean
up"--a house to house personal can.
vass reaching individuals and homes
not otherwise reached.
The application blanks which will
b. used In giving awards to tbs
scouts will not be issued until April
lao.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Grant land Pamphlets Delayed
Pamphlets describing the Oregon
a California railroad grant lands 10
be opened 10 entry In Jackson and
Josephine counties will not be ready
for distribution until about April 2,
on account OF delays In printing
same. Az soon as the pamphlet Is
received at the U. s. land once,
Roscburg the same will be promptly
mailed to all requesting them, list
OF such requests being kept as they
are filed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07
COUNTY TREAsuRERs CALL
FOR ROAD WARRANTS

All Josephine county pink road
warrants issued prior to January
1st. 1913. and protested prior to
that date. are hereby called in and
are payable at the county treasurers|
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

". l., Ireland went TO Portland
Friday night. M 4
Oct In your garden. Fall stock Of
seeds Al cramer Dros 2S
Jonteel TAlcum Powder. face
powder and creams Clemens. the
RexAil Store. a.
Mrs O. y. Moore went 10 klam-
sth Falls saturday for . short stay.
aIasda lamps nj Rogue River Hdw.
Hand garden cultivators and seed
ers ~ crAmer Bros. 2sl
p, Richardson went to renora,
cale Saturday to work during the
summer.
Lawn movers sharpened AZ Graz
mcr BROS. IS
Mrs. T, ?. Davidson and three chill.
dren left Friday night 10 Join Mr..
Davidson At Toppenish.
Garden trowels. weeders and hoes
at cramer Bros. ss
Mrs. Arthur Dcnison returned Fri
day night from Ashland. where she
spent several days.
Bicycles repaired nj cramer Bros
Electric supplies at Rogue River
Hardware. II
Mrs w. u. winnifred. OF fmnaha,
Ore. arrived Saturday and will visit
her aunt. Miss Matte Mc0ee.
Mrs George Smith left Saturday
morning for ToppenIsh 10 Join Mr.,
Smith. who Ia employed there.
Spencer sweet peas AT cramer
Bros "a
Mrs II. N. shesrsr left Friday
night for cioverdaic. Ore. TO spend
few weeks with Mr.. shearer's par
ents.
Lawn seed In bulk at cramer
Dros .s
Mrs c. n. Halliday and two sons.
Marion and Eugene. departed FRI
dry nivht for Toppenish. wash. 10
Join Mr.. Halliday.
bargains IN oliver pIows at cra-
mer Bros "a
Q. ". Ernst spcnt Saturday IN
Medsord AZ q nicotine N southern
Oregon agents Of the Metropolitan
Insurance company.
Aladdin Dye soap colors while II
cleans Clemens the Rexall Store.
Miss Eula MrCnlly. Of Hood River.
who has becn the guest Of Mr. and
Mrs. q. =. Eaton. loft Friday nisht
returning 10 her homo.
Good firm onion sets. iust right
for green onions at cramcr Bros. -
Mrs. r. ". Steel IL visiting with
friends In Grants Pass for few
days, She win probably remain I'M
III Tuesday Al tho residence Of Mrs.
y. A. Fairchiid.
Join the socIahle crowd always
found Sunday evening nt the oxford
Cafe. The menu printed gives you
. hint Of our specially planned din
ncr. ~
Miss Alva Wilson. after spending
the Faster vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs II. l.. Wilson. departed
Friday night for Seattle 70 resume
her studies at the University OF
Washington.
Chick feed and scratch feed at
Cramer Bros, ~
Mrs. J. @. wertx and children LETT
saturday morning for Corvallis to
Join Mr.. wertz. who Ia employed at
the Dunbar mill They were accom-
panied by Mrs wertz' mother Mrs.
GrInith,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Odd Flax tzhibiied--
The big fIag which was placed
hack u the speakers ~ the band
stand Saturday was nrst raised dur
Ing the early days Of the Civil war
1t canyonviiie BY Joel Thorn. So
bitter was the feeling At that time
that a southern sympathIzer took .
shot At Thorn while he was raising
the flag. The flag was raised by
Mr.. Thorn At canyonvillc At the AZ
sassInation Of President Lincoln and
President Garfield and by ,. B. caId-
viii. the present ownsr. At Waite
burE. Wash. st the time Of the A.
saasination Of President Mckinley.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Dairy Meeting
The second OF the series OF dairy
meetings Will be held At the court
house, Grants Pass, Monday, April
3. AZ io:a0 and 1910. Prof y. D.
Fits will discuss the subjects OF
"The Cow Testing Associations In
the forcnon. and that OF the "silo,
Homemade and Patented" IN the
afternoon
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Working ~ lDorsis--
The weltsr mill at Doris viii
havs = crew mado up almost wholly
Of Josephine county men. On Sat
|urday !. p. Morgan. W. X. Hinkie.
Jess LIndnsy and W. l. snyder left
for Doris and within few days Ike
Matney. Iks 1owdsn and 0ottleIh
NeessIe viii 10 TO the mill for work.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

We wish 70 thank our friends ~
their kindness. flowers and can =
the funeral Of our father. 3. :. -
am.
FRED IsHAN aad vA,dfz1.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Nrw Nazwsll Owner---
ous Lad Il the owner OF new
Maxwell auto. purchased from the
Collins Auto Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

xAxTMovA IN "REvELATION'--
Joy THEATRE APRIL . AND 10
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Can't Leave land Of FIcnty---
u. J. Lind has bought the iso-
acre farm recently owned by Jim
white In the Illinois valley. on the
north side Of Sucker creek. The soil
Is the quality that has made the II
linois valley famous "a the cream OF
southern Oregon. while the water
right Is the third out Of Sucker
creek and dates from 1855. This
is the third farm Mr.. Lind has
bought in the Illinois valley since
coming from Spokane In 1909,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

oflce on or after the 9Th day Of
April. 1918. on which date interest
viii cease.
GEO. s. CALHOUN.
30 County Treasurer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Royston Lacy returned home the
middle Of last week from San Fran
cisco. where he attended the South
ern Pacific training school. Tic Is
now serving a. night baggageman at
the depot. George Pratt, former
night man. taking the day Job.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Voters should tseklstrr>-
Voters who have not registered
should lose no time In registering,
and those who have registered but
who have moved from the home pre-
eInct should no careful 70 have their
registration changed before April ~.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

He'd Rosc Patrol IIoo~ts Isonis--
Members Of the Red Rose patrol
OF Girl Scouts after the parade on
Saturday sang patriotic songs Nm
front OF the banks Of the city. TO
stimulate the selling OF Liberty
bonds. The young ladies secured or
ders for several hundred dollars
worth OF bonds.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Mr. aud Mrs. o. w. Murray re-
turned here yesterday from Los An
geles. whore they won't two years
ago. expecting TO make their home.
They have purchased the Shook
place on the Merlin road.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

J. y. Burke recently sold coun-
try Club Overland TO w. N. Carson
Leland. a No. 30 TO Fred Britten'
and another Overland which is to
be present. lie also sold two cars
Of other makes.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07
Give Your Little Ones
An Interest in the Future

hands bonds of their govemme1t.
They win be for them inspiring evi-
dence that their fathers planned 50
n6ced and invested for their sons
future. Liberty Bonds win mean
more to them than money. They
will make them proud Of the fathers
who in Amenca's day Of great ned
proved themselves true Americsn
patriots
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

ney are your hold on the future,
and America is fighting to make thcir
turl.,- safe. They are too liitle to
realize this now-but some day must
learn to reverence the traditions Of
America, the ideals Of America, the
great cause for which the men Of
their fathers day gave their lives.
Be ready then to put in their
Invest in Liberty Bon
lssGME THIs SPACE PAID FOR
HOrninR'.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

I hcvrolrtS and ItcpnbIIcs--
schuschill and MAXWELL last week
sold Chevrolet cars 10 A. i>stehsF
and A. v. BerrIs, and Republic
truck 10 Harry cougls.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

April q $.
April sio'
Thursday
April u
Friday
April u
Saturday
April 13
a. |""| "|
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

Entrrr tSns1nc~s ~ Foftsnno
Ivan Howell lsft last night for
Portland 10 remain. Mr.. Howell has
purchased the Prompt Tailor" bas-
incss At i2th and Washington streets
and will devote his time to that bus
mess.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

lied CFOes 1SFuctoFH Iklnf1leO1--
There will be a meeting Of the
Red Cross directors Al luncheon
next Tuesday At noon. At the Cham
Der OF Commerce rooms, srecIaI
business.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-07

selling Autos
The Dsnison AUTO company sold
In 1918 Hupmobile 10 A. g. Holcomb'
Ia 1918 Regal touring car 20 W. y,
Irwin OF Grants Pass during the
week.