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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
BOMB SUSPECT SAID
TO Be bad ACTOR

The man recently arrested in this
city by local officers. giving his name
as ]. c. Thompson, and charged
with having dangerous explosives in
his possession. has proven to be a
bad actor" according to word Just
received by Sheriff George Lewis
from Portland. lie is the man taken
from u freight train here, accused OF
having nltroglycerine. dynamite caps
fuse and whiskey in his possession;
he also carried a revolver.
Thompson. as he gave his name
has several alisas, having also been
known as Jas. c. Wheeler and Geo
c. Moore. and has formerly been un.
der arrest at Los Angeles. and
Marysville. Cal, and Seattle, Wash.
on the charge of vagrancy, but II
seems hard to get direct evidence
to convict MIN.
AT Portland. Thompson was taker
before James Hunter, criminal pho
tographer and Bertillion expert
Hunter stated at once that he hat
photographed Thompson, along with
other men suspected OF crime. II
1916. and upon referring to the re
cords II was found that Hunter wa,
correct Thompson was arrested IL
Los Angeles away back in 1913 ant
ever since has been trotting in bat
company. His case is to he furthe
investigated by the Portland police
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
JUDGE FINDS HARRY
LEWIS NOT GUILTY

Portland, Ore, May 15.-Mere
claim that property is worth a stip-
ulated sum and that its owner be-
lieves it a good investment is not
fraud in the sale of property, Judge
Bean set forth in decision handed
down in federal court in the case of
V. P. S. Fischer and Alfred iEubanks
against Harry l.. Lewis, which had
to do with mine at Galice, Ore, by
the plaintiffs from Lewis for $4,000
It was charged in the complaint that
claims were made by Lewis thai
were not substantiated in operation
of the mine, and. that the mine
proved almost worthless. No proc
of fraud was brought out, however
according to the decision.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
WILL Improve ROAD
TO CRESCENT CITY
Federal Government and State High
way Commission Appropriate
S52, 800 for Hays IIiIi

A cooperative agreement has been
Wade between tho U. $. department
OF agriculture and the Oregon state
highway commission to do some ex-
tcnsive work on Hays Hill, on the
Grants Pass-Crescent City road in
the near future.
This stretch OF road, two and four.
tenths miles In length. has been a
great worry TO autolsts II has been
hard piece of highway to navigate.
The state highway commission has
appropriated s2G.250 for this piece
OF work and the federal government
has matched the amount dollar for
dollar, This money should be enough
to eliminate the steep grade and put
the road In first class condition.
The agreement was approved and
signed by the secretary OF agricul-
turc on May 3, 1919. and the loca-
tlon survey Is to start within 60 days
from that date.
In company with engineers from
California the state highway commits
sion will soon go over the Grants
Pass-C Crescent City road In an effort
TO establish final route As for
Hays Hill. bids will be advertised for
as soon as the survey Is completed
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
SOLDIERS OF IHDS LOST AVER.
AGE OF ~ POUNDS, nut BOYS
NOW GAIN ~ POUNDS
WELL FED BETTER FIGHTERS
Millions Of Pounds Consumed Each
Day by "Our Boys" While Most
of Them Used the Weed

Washington. May iG. Soldiers
who fought against Spain In 1898
lost IN weight on an average of 22
pounds each. the average American
soldier at tho end of the fighting In
1913 weighed IL pounds more than
he did when the sclectIye service act
or his own volItion brought him into
the army"
Thus the success won by the
army's subsistence branch In the
great war ls epitomlzcd In chapters
OF the official war material" his.
tory made public today by the war
department.
The food problem OF an army OF
3.700.000 AmGlcans Is visuallzed In
the history by considering the force
as a single man and the entire war
period as one dinner hour. Articles
comprised in the army ration as
sumed these tremendous totals;
Roast beef 500. 100000 pounds;
bacon 10000. 900 pounds; flour
(breadl 1000. 900. 900 pounds: but
ter 1880. 900; oleomargarIne H.
600. 900: baked beans $4,000. 900
pounds; potatoes 4S7.O0o.O00 ms;
onions 40,000.O00 pounds: corn.
beans and peas $50, 900. 900 cans;
. tomatoes 90,000.000 cans: prunes.
peaches and apples tfor desserD
107. 100000 cans: sugar 100000
900 pounds; coffee $4,000, 900
pounds; evaporatcd milk 100000
900 cans.
The bill for this meal" amounted
TO $727, 900. 900 TO December I. 1915
the per capita cost having risen
from I cents In 1897 to As in 1918.
At the time OF the arnistice. Am.
erican soldiers In France were con
suming 100000 pounds OF food
daily. Moving this stupendous guam
tlty over the 3,000-mile line OF com.
munication was the principal oh.
stacle to he overcome. This and ne
cessity OF conserving cargo space led
directly in the later months to the
shipment OF dehydrated vegetables
to the American expeditionary force
The problems we're solved only b,
the assistance of the Al erican food
industry" the report says, and while
Continued On Page ~
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
CLARK LIKES sunny
SOUTHERN OREGON

That mechanics who left the rural
districts and upstate cities OF Oregon
attracted by shipbuilding and other
war industry, are gradually filtering
back TO their homes and routine en-
ployment Is the discovery made by
Albert G.. Clark, manager OF the As
sociated Industries OF Oregon, after
tour OF the southern part OF the
state, says Portland newspaper.
There Is nothing the matter with
Southern Oregon" said Mr.. Clark,
1.-The crop and fruit prospects were
never better. People who had moved
to shipbuilding centers are return
Ing. Merchants are all cheerful and
optimistic. The road building pro
gram Is putting enthusiasm into
everyone and with the country mas
sed with blossoms OF fruit and shrub
berry the trip brought complete sat
isfaction.
Every Southern Oregon city fea
lures a tourist auto camp ground
Some are excellent The one at Ash
land is especially well located ant
equipped In the famous Lithia park
convenient to beautiful stream
(continued on page 81
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
NJ. {. CENTENARY DRIVE
TO BEGIN ON MAY IS

The week of May 1926 is set for
the Methodist Centenary financial
drive, but many churches will be
able to make their canvass within
two days, beginning Sunday after
noon, May is. That is what the To-
cal committee of Newman NJ. r.
church expects to do. ]. G. Incl Is
chairman, S, H. Baker director. The
following teams of socilitors have
been appointed; E. l.. Coburn and
George Sabin, Jas, Martin ana F. F.
Childers, George Lundburg and DR..
c. e. jackson, A. B. Cornell and A.
G. Knapp. ]. NJ, Isham and Stewart
Disbrow, Eclus Pollock and j. Carl
Williams, Arthur While and N. e.
Townsend, ]. E. Peterson and Harry
Harper. These teams will begin work
on Sunday afternoon. Sunday even
ing at the evening church service
their reports will be received and
announced. Probably part Of the
day Of Monday will be required to
entirely finish the work.
The teams will not be districted.
Names will be listed on information
cards and these will be divided
among the teams. No general So
i (Continued on Page ~
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
SOME OF ENGLAND'S
| GREAT WAR EXPENSES

London. May i6.--War insurance,
as carried on by the British govern
ment, dropped some $S5, 900, 900 net
profit into the nations Golfers, ac-
cording to report Just made public.
The chief item OF profit was $780,
900, 900 on the hulls of British
steamships which survived German
submarine warfare. The greatest
loss was $55, 900 on British car
goes which the U-boats sunk. The
sum OF $7,5OO,OOO was paid as in
surance on the lives of officers and
men in the merchant marine, and
s1,750,O00 a year is being paid a:
pensions and allowances to depend
ents.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
REPORTED LOST AFTER 100 MEN
HAD FOUGHT FOR IT'S CON-
TRoL OVER SIX HOURS
LOSS OF BLIMP IS HARD BLOW
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Trepassey. May 16.-The navy
derlgible C-5, swept away to sea yes
terday is now believed to be lost.
The Destroyer Edwards returned to
port today with no sign OF the deri-
gible on deck.
A landing crew OF 100 men under
the direction OF Lieutenant Little had
fought with the gale for control of
the C-5 for six hours before It broke
away.
Wholly unsheltered on the wind
swept field. the dirigible pitched and
bucked. stripping her bottom of can
vas and then tearing the bow planes
away Tenders were placed to blunt
the shock and the men Of the fand.
ing crew rode wildly as they clune
to the car through its oscillation.
under'succeeding gusts OF wind. en-
deavoring to save 1t.
When the wind arose from 80
miles an hour to 40 the rigging OF
the nose OF the naelle gave way ant
Continued on mage Fnnrl
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
BUSHWACKING
WITH BOLSHEV|KS
Little Band Of Doughboys Near Arch
angel Have All the Tis,ills Ex-
perienced in Big War

Archangel, May 16.-The tabloid
warfare that the American dough-
boys and a miscellaneous collection
OF allies have been waging against
the bolsheyiki up in aurora borealis
land since the landing Of an allied
corporal's guard at Archangel. on
August 3, has had most Of the thrills
OF the big war In France, with few
pet perlls all Of its own.
In the summer. 1t was game OF
bushwacking. boy scouting, hide and
seek and Indian fighting In the
swamps, with the added attraction
OF airplanes. shrapneI, high explo-
sives, trench mortars, gunboats and
armored trains. In winter when the
thermometer registers around 80
degrees below zero, 1t Is something
like an Eskimo tribal feud, the Eski-
mos being equipped with all modern
devices for putting their opponents
out OF the combat.
The allied North Russia expedi-
tionary force whose backbone is the
Yank doughboy. has been fighting
during the winter against double, or
triple or quadruple odds. These
Yanks and Tommies and Poilus and
half dozen varieties OF Russians
and Poles have been scattered out in
thin columns operating over a terri
tory about as large as Germany and
colder than Medicine Hat or Moose
Jaw. There were seven or eight OF
these columns and they branched out
like a palm leaf fan from its handle
which is Archangel, stretching fal
and wide from the wastes of the Pc
ehora river on the shores of the Arc
tic ocean not very far from the 81
berian boundary. to the scarcely les!
frozen country of Omega bay. ives
OF Archangel. where they connec
with the Murmansk, or Kola force.
Each of these lines has penetrat
ed inland, along railroad, highroad
river or forest trail. into the terri
tory of the bolsheviki and, on mos
of them, Yanks have been at the far
front, where the trouble is thickest
And, as most of the Americans wht
have met John Bolshevik face to fac,
will tell you, as trouDiemaker, Johi
is active especially when he has on,
outnumbered and outgunned.
Back in the early days OF summer
before they really knew very mucl
about It. the powers-that-were VIII,
planned this expedition had a yer,
poor opinion of the bolsheviki'
fighting qualities, When the orig
inal Archangel expeditionary fore,
which set sail from Murmansk, ol
kola Bay, this corporal's guard tha
was to successfully invade the larg
est country in the world consisted o
1,400 men. Fifty American blue
jackets from the U. S. S. Olympus
who we're among these Russian "Ol,
Contemptibles" We're the first to Sc
their feet upon the dock at lArchan
gel. When the allies landed the Dol
sheviki had gone.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
LAST Of OLD THIRD
OREGON OVERSEAS

Portland, Ore. May ia recep-
tion and entertainment was rendered
today to 135 men OF Companies e,
F and G. old Third Oregon, who
stopped off here en- route to Camp
Lewis for muster out. Except for
Company H, still overseas. today's
contingent is the last home comers
of the old Third Oregon.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
PHONE OPERATORS
QUIT At WINNIPEG

Winnipeg, Can, May 16,-Tele-
phone operators in all the local ex.
changes joined in general strike
here today.
The labor forces and returning sol
diers are in complete control of com.
mercial and Industrial Winnipeg
The sterotypers and Webb pressmer
have Joined the strike and newspa
pers must suspend publication,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
PLAN REPEAL Of TAX
ON SEM|-LUXUR|ES

Washington, May l6.-The repub-
-lican house steering committee de-
cided today among legislation to be
placed before the house after the ap-
preparation billl viii be the repeal
OF tax on semi-luxuries, return OF the
telegraph and telephone lines to
their owners. and legislation for the
benefit of the returning soldiers.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
SERBS AND CROAT|ANS
REPORTED FIGHTING

London, May 16.--There is fight
ing between the Serbians and Croa-
tians at 'Agram, the Croatian capt.
tai, it is reported in Vienna through
u dispatch to the Exchange Tele'
graph company.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
AMERICA WILL ACT AS MEDIA
TOR IN DETACHING DALMATiA
COAST FROM AUSTRIA
ALLIED NAVY GOES TO SMYRNA
Chinese President Rejects Cabinets
observation-disclosures Spar for
Alsace-Lorraine

Paris. May To- Negotiations
pending for the adjustment of the
Adriatic question contemplate the
direct settlement between Italy and
Jugo-slavia, through American me-
diation. BY this plan the Austrian
treaty would not specify the dispo-
sItIon to be made of Dalmatia. Istria
and Fiume. beyond detachlng them
from Austria.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
DEMPSEY TO TRAIN
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Toledo, Ohio, May 16.-Jack
Dempsey, challenger for the worlds
heavyweight championship, inspect
ed today several prospective training
sites here, He will start work Mon
day preparing for his fight fifth Jess
Willard, worlds champion, on July
Fourth.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16

Portland, Ore, May l6.--Word
was received here today from Wash
ington that the naval squadron
which will tour the Pacific coast
ports soon, will be sent in part to
Portland.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16

Paris. May 16.-tHavas)--It be-
came known here today that the
German peace delegation is preparing
to send another note to the allied
powers. concerning the peace treaty.
The note is said to be in relation to
Alsace-Lorraine.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
BAKERS
ASK WAGE INCREASE

Portland, Ore. May 16,-The un-
ion bakers and confectioners today
notified their employers that they
will strike next Wednesday unless
their demands are granted for min
imum wage of S24 per week, and
other concessions.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
Y. NJ. G. A. RAISES
FUND FOR EXTENSION

Portland. Ore, May 16.-Plans for
the extension Of the Y. NJ. C. A, work
to the remote districts of Oregon
were completed here today. A fund
of $4,000 has been raised for the
purpose,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
SEATTLE MAYOR WILL
SPEAK IN NEW YORK

New York, May 16.--Mayor Ole
Hanson, of Seattle. will be the prin-
oipal speaker at banquet of the Ma
tional Manufacturers association
here on May 81.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16

Paris. May 16.-The Chinese cab
met has resigned but the president
refused to accept their resignation, a
Picking telegram to the peace confer
ence says. The peace conference al
Shanghai, between northern and
southern China representatives. has
broken up.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16
UNDER INDICTMENT, RESIGNS

Oakland, Cal, May 16.--Chief OF
Police J. H., Nedderman, under in
dictment on bribery charges here,
resigned today.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16

Paris, May l6.--Extensive afiled
naval concentration has begun at
Smyrna in connection with the man
date to Greece to administer that
city.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-16

Continued On Page p
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
which governs financial panics.

| which governs financial panics.
A panic is not possible when Their
is an underprod,ction when thi ID
mand is far In excess OF the supply.
A panic is only possible when tAet
Is an overproduction. when goods5at
piling up in the warehouses and cob
stantly depreciating with no appai
ent possibility in sigh CT disposing d
them for even a fraction OF their ret
value.
Factories, mills, contractors every
where throughout these United Stated
are lighting to make production meet
demand. There is hardly factory OF
mill or contractor in he whole lanrt
that isn't swamped with work and also
a profit despite the high
wages and high prices of raw Ina,
terial.
What chance is there of making pr.,
iucers frightened and pessimistit
about future demand under condition,
Ike these?
No. there's no chance right now for
/ reduction eff prices by means OF al
anic, The high cos of living, il IL
s 10 be reduced, will have to be
'releht down by some other method
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
VILLA AID FACES
FIRING SQUAD

. Angeles have declared that he was Al
lnselflsh patriot and tina. mis- hop.
was 10 bring about peace in Mexico.
lie was successfully student, il
structor and director CT the Mexica1
Military College, Chapultepec, and an
author CT several textbooks not all OF
| Which dealt with military mat ers.
| Graduating from Chapultepec in
| lS92, he was assigned 10 the engineers
,.3otlt later to the artillery corps with
| rank OF captain. In this latter branch
me served as a member of several
technical commissions, was sent 10
Europe 20 inspect artillery for the
Mexican government and while there
VAS graduated from the French arti,-
.lery schools at Fountainbleau and
Mailly. He wrote textbook embody-
Ing some CT his observations in Europe
and France decorated him With the
cross of the Legion OF Honor.
Angeles was barred from returning
TO Mexico when Madero's revolution
occurred, but when Madero became
provisional president Angeles was re
called and placed in command at Cha.
kultepec, In 1912 he was made field
commander, already having been com.
ml>sloned as a general, and command.
ed trests In campaign against the
bandit Zapata. In this service he /;
SAID 10 have won the good vii! OF the
Mexlcans by his humanitarian policies.
When Madero sacrificed his life a.
penalty fer mis- revolution, Angeles
was first imprisoned and then Danish
lI lap l.,
TO Villas various campaigns, aad it $
declared that when Villa followed his
advice he bandit leader was vic
torious After Villas famous raid upon
Columbus, ~ NJ, Angeles went to tn
United States and remained there for
about two years.
Angeles was born in the town OF
Aacualtlpan, in the state OF Hidalgo,
June Is. 1869. He was the son of d /
retired colonel who had served in the |
war OF interven ion and against Maxi |
milan when the effort was made to |
make that prince emperor of Mexico |
HIS wife and three sons lived In FL /
Paso, Texas, during the time he was
In the field With Villa
Washington Still Waiting.
Washington, Nov. 26.--Although the
Mexico City press said the reply 10
ne no e demanding the release of Con.
sui jenkins was expected to be han1-
I'd to the American embassy yester.
Lay, it has not been received here,
me state department announced to-
lay.
Because CT the urgency CT the coal
at was regarded as doubtful
'-ether he cabinet would take up tho
Mexican situation again today.
According 10 the state department.
ne Mexico City press announces that
Ae Mexican senate at a secret sessi n
v ondar decided to ask President Car.
ANA Ter full information regarding
he Jenkins case.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
Ask Your ilejqhbor

tt has been said that there II no
hardly city. town or village In this
country wherein some woman does
not reside who has found health IN
that good, old-fashioned remedy, Lydia
z. PinKham's Vegetable Compoun
Therefore, II you are suffering from
some aiment, and hardly know what
TO 90 for 1t, and have tried other rem.
edies without help, ask your neightjo.-
II she has ever used Lydia Il. PINK.
hams Vegetable Compound. II She
herself has never had the need for Il
undoubtedly' she knows, iQtners who
were Just In your condition and who
have been restored to health by its
NE. tAxAs. Gem ~ d NNse
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
When Honey Bees viii STING.

Dark eolors seem to he NOR. otfens-
i've to bees than light. and the person
dressed in dark garments should show
more caution when handling these use
fui insects. Offensive odofs are also
Objectionable to them ana the person
recently returning from working in the
stable or whose perSpirution has a dis
ttnct odor should show some discre-
ton III making himself familiar around
the heehive.-Clintunvill Gazette.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
BLEAK AND BARREN COUNTRY
Montenegro Surely Seems a F.ttino
Cradle for the Bold and Warlks
Face Living There.

+ From podgoritza we retrnred our
/ steps TO Riyeka, on the upperlnost arm
OF Lake Scutari, and then followed the
road up the bold face of mountain,
with splendid views back over the
lake, writes William Wartlcld in the
century. Before we reached the path
over which our road was leading we
We're in several inches of snow. for
March was only half over. Even here
IN this seemingly inhosptable region
is scattered village, with few ter
raced fields looking down toward Scu.
tart, whence the ancestors of the build
ers were driven to take refuge in thu
nils. The view here Is broader than
any other ! have yet described. From
snow covered heights one looks To
right and LEFT over serrated ranks OF
peaks, cold In their Icy Curb. Directly
IN front there Is Il bold sweep of snow
less hills, warm by comparison despite
the barren bowlder-strewn stones md
beyond lies a lake, violet in the far.
distance
once over the pass there Is n drop
OF only few hundred feet to Ccttinje
which lies 1000 feet above the lake.
II Is In another fat -bottomed basin, IT.
regularly walled by steep slope, the
center of Montencgrin resistance TO
the TURK for five centuries, occasion.
any taken, but never held for long.
Here the deposcd Nicholas had his
palace and was surrounded by the pol.
ihcians OF his little state. II is more
pEetentlous as a town than Podgoritzu
ana Weather as n community.
The palace is embarrassing, but tho
monastery, over against the mountain.
Is Fascinating place. 1t is the vati.
can OF Montenegro, the seat of the
the orthodox archbishop
who rules this little flock.
How Would You Like It2
Preparatory to giving the clenhort
N captivity his bath his body is gone
'ver entirely with a sheet of sand.
paper. ""
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
NO PANIC NOW.

Every now and then someone rises
TO remark that II we could only hav,
panic right now it would be a good
thing for the country. 1t would brins
down prices, make good men anxious
TO work instead of merely anxious to
strike and increase the PURCHASING
power Of the dollar But whoever
makes a remark OF this kind fails t.
understand some basic economic prin.
lcil1sn and particularly the principle
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-26
To Renovate Old Oil PAINTINGS.

When Old oil paintings have he.
come dark and cracked they may be
made to look like new by the fellow
ing process, says the Illustrated
World: Pour alcohol in Il dish and
pun the picture over IT, face down
ward The fumes OF the alcohol dis.
solNe the paint OF the pietHre. The
cracks close up and the color becomes
more fresh. Caution is absolutely
necessary, as the paint may become
SO son aS To run together, thus spoil
ing The whole picture.