Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, October 29, 1915, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf 4 , ., i . i nut SIM 4 DAILY EDITION VOL. VI.,12 , GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOUEK 29, 1915. WHOLE NUMBER 1580. No Other Town in tho World tho Size of Grantq Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. , A 6' BEET SUGAR FACTORY IS SUBJECT Citizens of the Community Present Solid Front in Sup port of Enterprise, and Back It Up With Energy The assembly room at tho Com mercial club wu filled wltU Interest ed cltUeni last night upon the fall or the meeting arrtdgeff by (lie foe! committee In charge of the sugar beet campaign. Chairman Babln of the committee presided, and as a re filt of, the discussion plan was ar ranged for effective field work that will bring thing to ja climax la the Hear future. F. B. Bramwell, In charge of the Interest of the Oregon Utah Sugaf company in the Grants Pass district, addressed the meeting and was the target for many pertin ent questions directed at him by the citizens. Mr. Bramwell assured the people again that thJe company, bead ed toy Bishop Ntbley, bad already fin anced the plant, and that not one dollar 'would be asked of the district 1n which the factory waa located. lie quoted from a letter lately received from Mr. Nlbley, In which that gentle man stated that not only bad the factory been financed, but that he had arranged also for a working capital of from $200,000 to 1400, 000 with which to finance the grow ing of the crop. All that the people of the Rogue valley had to do, said Mr. Dram well, was to supply a guar antee that they would grow the beets when work upon the factory would proceed at once. The arranging of a plan for the conduct of the campaign for con tracts waa the business of tho meet In r. and the general committee was authorised to provide- for a standing working committee to be continuous ly on the Job till the acreage Is all signed. This committee will Include Mr. Bramwell, who will explain all points regarding the contracts and the technical field work required, and also representative farmers who will be acquainted with local conditions. When a call waa mado for automo biles In which the committees could be escorted around to the various dis tricts nearly a score of local citizens responded, and there will be no end of activity from now on. . It Is ex pected that all the territory can be gone over within two weeks, when the fate of the proposition will be determined. Every man who was present and -who expressed himself upon the ques tion was pronounced 1n the belief that .the sugar bet Industry would be the saving Industry of the valley, and all gave the project full endorse ment and promise of support.' The chairman was authorised to appoint a committee to' solicit funds locally for the payment of men who would give their time to the field work. Another committee provided for was one to Investigate the situa tion as It affects the Illinois valley. SEND FROZEN HALIBUT TO FEED TRE BRTTISTI (By United Press Leased Wlre. Seattlo, Oct. 29. Soventy-flvo tons of frown hnllbnt from Prince Rupert, B. C, is being loaded on tho IIIll liner MlnnosoU Were today for ship ment to the United Kingdom. This Is the first consignment of this sort In any proportions to go from here to flrent TlrHMn by the nll-wnter route, noRRKUN fji-rr 1 0,000 Chicago, Oct. 0, -Robbers early ict day dynamited two safes In the Star , Loan company's office and escaped with $10,000 -worth of gems. iiistim OicuraiiT III Nil CO. S. W. Williams, representing the department of justice, of Washing ton, D. C, accompanied by Leonard Underwood, of the general land of fice, arrived In -the city this morning to investigate the O. V C. land grant question from the standpoint of upon- the-ground conditions. Mr. Wil liams stated that It waa desired to know something of tbe character of the lands and of the wishes and needs of the people in the affected locali ties. Tbla Information la to be used when the department advises ; with members of congress concerning tbe legislation called for by the decision of the supreme court Today the tantiemes- have- gone to- thv lUinoU valley. Mr. Williams having expressed the desire especially to visit the mln- ins- district. Tbe party, including a number of, local gentlemen, left for Waldo' and the Logan mine at about It o'clock. There Is much of the granted land in this county that Is of mineral character. This evening at 7: SO o'clock a meeting of citizens will be held at tbe court bouse, where the situation will be discussed with Messrs. Williams and Underwood and an expression of ttte local' sentiment obtained. Before leaving for the Il linois valley Mr. Williams gave no expression regarding the situation ex cept that he remarked Incidentally that under the existing laws tbe sale of the tsnds at the fixed maximum limit of $2.60 per acre waa an ob ligation. . Ur Portland, Oct. 29. A temporary Injunction restraining District Attor ney Evans from Issuing complaints against tradespeople keeping their places of business opon on Sunday waa issued by Circuit Judge GaCens oday. The Injunction will be In forco peudlng tho hearing on November 6 of. the appeal of Dan Kellaher, a grocer, fined $25 by District Judge Dayton several days ago for operat ing his grocery on the Sabbath day. The Sunday closing law has been on the Oregon statutes since 1864 but no attempt was ever made to en force It until recently. Several months ago the. supreme court up hold Us constitutionality. EXERCISES FOR London, Oct. 29. England paid its tribute today to Edith Cavell, Eng lish woman, victim of a German fir ing squad in Brusosls. Memorial ex- ercUes for the woman, now rogarded aa a national martyr, drew one of the largost crowds to St. Paul's cathedral In the history of that famous struc ture. Tho high and the lowly joined In the tribute Tho queen-mother, Alexandra, was present. The king could not attend because of his acci dent yesterday, but both he and tho queen wcro represented. Cabinet members, dlplomnts and other no tablo persons Jolhod In the services. In the front scats COO nurses from tho. front, In their army uniforms, ant w,lt,h bowed heatlsln tribute to the woman who had served ns nurse and friend to the men of the Allied forces. Ambassador Pnge, whoso iuoshbros from'' Minister Whltlock revealed to England the horrors of MIbs Cavell's execution, was unable to attend. OHCEMENT SUNDA CLOSING LAW RESTRAINED OLD MEMORIAL WOMAN MARTYR i AH mo Invasion of Germans Austrians and Bulgarians Presses Balkan State On All Sides; the Allies Being Unable to Send Reinforcements to Relieve tie Situation and Save tie Kingdca from Being Crushed by tie Invaders r ; Paris, doomed. Oct. 2 9. Serbia seems 1 Invasion of her territory (by Teu ton and Bulgar foes have proceeded remorselessly. The allies are prepar ing a tremendous attempt to stop their onward movement before tbey reach their goal Constantinople -but indications point to tnis struggle occurring on either Bulgarian or Turkish toll after1 the central' allies steam' roller has passed over Serbia. T halt; the TVtttonr and Bulgaria before they strike into Constantinople 11)0,000 French-and lS.OtOO British are' either at Salonlki of heading northward. i ' Furthermore, a .Russian landing on the Bulgarian Black sea coast is be lieved Imminent. The Russian fleet has bombarded Varba and this may be only a forerunner of the landing. Meantime, German munitions for tbe Turks are reported already being sent overland from northeastern Serbia, whwe the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians have joined hands, In to Bulgaria to the nearest railway for Constantinople. These, it Is es tlmated, will reach the Turkish troops next week. - 1 There are prospects, too, that the Invaders will soon control the Bel grade-Constantinople railroad across Serbia, for their recent .advances hnve shown steady progress toward such an end. Such control will mean speeding up shipments to the Turks, who, it Is estimated, can put 1,000,- 000 more men In the field If proper equipment Is at hand. Such an addition would prove for midable, particularly If the junction with the. Teutons were completed. vutn me additional .rorcea pre pared for battle, the Turks would be In a position to attack the allies in the rear, unless the allies crush them INVESTIGATORS FIND THAT NOBODY IS RES (By United Press Leased Wire.) Pcabody, .. Mass., Oct 20. Leas than a day after the fire In St. John's parochial' school, which cost 22 chil dren's Uvea, state ' authorities ' today completed their investigation intbthe holac&uat, finding "tion- criminally responsible.'' Acting Chief George Neal of the stale police; who an nounced tbf verdict, satd' the' fire started frmi matches la boys' coats In a closet: A- public ! funeral awlw will.be held' in' St. John's church tomorrow, within- a- stone's throw of the ruined J school. Eleven coffins will be taken to church at 10:30, and the others, an hour later.. Rev. Nicholas Murphy, who broke down yesterday, said he would con duct one service If he had to be car ried from the altar. Peabody, Mass., Oct. 29. The dim PONSIBLE FOR Hgbt in Peabody'a gloomy morgue, the further fact that the doors be shone today on a ghastly sight the hind which several tiny forms were hnir-liurned, twisted corpses or 19 child victims of the holocaust In St. John's' parochial school yesterday. Two other little bodies In St. Thomas' hospital morgue, tho victims of burns and shock In the pupils' mad night for safety. The ashes of yet another are believed to be mingled with tho debris Inside the fire swept walls or the school, Though firemen yesterday reported that 27 bodies had been recovered a checking up process today showed that the total casualties were 22, In- BE SE in advance. This explains the neces sity for tbe allies to strike eastward into Turkey . and Bulgaria, Instead of moving northward to help the shattered' Serbians. ' - ' v It la predicted here that tbe Serbs will soon split up into small bands and resort to a' guerilla; warfare to harry the invaders' a nioch as pos sible.., . ,.. , Berlin, Oct ! 2 i. "Fiercer than Belgium." waa the. description heard today! of, the' resistance the Teuton in vaders' of Serbia" are meetlfg. thbugb It was said the central allies are pro gressing more rapidly than had been expected, the difficulties, neverthe less are tremendous. Tbey are at present in the Serbian Alps; where an advance Is particu larly arduous. The Serbians are fight ing madly, with women and children participating. Sniping and 'bush whacking are incessant. Heavy snow in northern. Germany brings the realization that the win ter campaign is opening. Moreover, the newspapers are already beginning to dlscuBs the soldiers' Christmas. Conditions for the whiter struggle are most favorable for the central allies. On the western front the situ atlon is satisfactory. Russian at tacks are unimportant and do not af fect Field Marshal von Hlndenbnrg's general advance. There is at the same time only pity and contempt for the Italians, who have failed to break Austria's lines, despite three major offensives In five months. The success of the Serbian Inva sion is creating a profound effect on Roumania and she Is more friendly than heretofore toward the Teutons. Simultaneously Greece's neutrality pleases the central allies. ST eluding the body of a child believed IneineAted hratde- the-trotiatnU: CrtTjjle decked doors and silent groups pf children completed the- most pitiful child trkgedy ever known in Massa chusetts. A doaen Hallowe'en par ties, at which many of tb parochial school children were" to have been guests, have been" cancelled. . The". children.. Instead., will be trudging home' from1 funerals of their little playmates oh Hallowe'en.-, Stat investigators poked through the ruins of the fir tran to discover the origin of the. fire. Tbey believe it started In a closet underneath the basement stairs and curled upward In an awful blast which shut off the exit of many. The state authorities laid the iblame on local officials for the fact that there were no fire escapes by which the nearly 700 children could make a rapid, safe egress, and for jcrnshod and trampled opened Inward itiENKIU I, JOFFRE VISITS THE 111UT1SM WAR LOUD . . . I London, Oct. 29. General Joffre directing gefilus of the French forces on the western front and virtual lead er of all the forces there, paid his flrBt visit to England today since the war started. He conferred with Lord Kltchen'er and it was understood problems of their joint campaign were discussed. iin PREMIER DUD 1ECTSTBE HI FREIICR CIIIET Paris, Oct 29. Aristlde Briand this afternoon completed bis cabinet selections as far as those the United Press named Thursday are concerned. He also made four additional selec tions. ... . Tbe selections as 'given by the United Press yesterday were: Briand, premier and minister of foreign af fairs; Jules Cambon, vice-president of tbe cabinet; Vivlani, minister of Justice; Admiral LaCaze, marine; Ribo, finance; Doumergue, colonies; Palnleve, education . and invention; CalUenl, minister of war; Bourgeois, Combes, pnys-Cocniu ana. , jutes Guesde without portfolios. The additional , selections were: Marcel Sembate, minister of public works; Etlenne elemental, com merce; Jules Mellnee, agriculture; Rene Renault, labor. , Briand decided to retain the four under secretaries of war whom Mil- lerand created. Berlin, Oct. 29. Serbia's resist ance to the Teuton invaders is fast collapsing. ' The main drive of the central al lies Is advancing west of LaPovo to ward Kragujevac, according to, offl cial announcement. General von Gall- wltz has pursued the Serbs to heights southwest of Svllajec, where heavy fighting is in progress. The Austrian forces, driving south eastward, have crossed the Kolubara northwest of Rudnlk. over a chain of steep mountains on a broad front. The Germans have occupied the mountains on both sides of Topola. "Long and sanguinary fighting" preceded the Bulgarian capture of Pirot, the important stronghold on the east between NIsh and Sofia On the Nlsh-Constantlnople railroad. East of Vlsegrad, where the Ser Wans have been a few miles inside the Austrian frontier, the Austro- Hungarian forces have expelled them by an advance on both sides of the Karaula rived. "Two flanking counter-attacks by a Montenegrin .. brigade were re pulsed," the official statement an nounced PREMIER ASQ11TH TELLS . London,' Oct.. 29. Premier As- qulth announced today that the total British casualties to October 9 were aa follows: Killed, 6,660 officers;'. 94,992 men; wounded, 12,633 officers, 304,832 men; missing,, 2,000 officers, 72,177 men. In the western theater the casual ties were 4,401 officers and 63,059 nren killed; 9,169 officers and 225,- 716 men wounded; 1,567 officers and 61,134 men missing. KING GEORGE INJURED IS FALL FROM HORSE (By United Press Leased Wire.) , London, Oct. 29. King Oeorge Is suffering from severe bruises due to a fall from hts horse, according to of ficial announcement today. The accident occurred yesterday while tho Icing was Inspecting the army In the field In northern France. His mount, excited by the cheers of the troops, reared and fell, throwing the king off. "For the present" he must remain In bed, but his physicians gave as surances that no complications are expected. The king is confined to his bed, but he passed a fair night, his physi cian stated. His temperature is 99.2 and his pulse 75, CEIiTRAti ALUESr cosi-m;: throm serbia ntiioss 111 SEATTLE PIER EIRE Oicers Seek Perpetrators cl fcceciby Cerebration Tbl DtrcycJTar &?- Seattle, Oct 29. AKhough tn police were holding D. WUlman, a lonsBhoreman. in connection with aa incendiary fire which swept Pier 14 last night and resulted' in1 a losa ea- fdmated'at practlckil fMWOtv. ! NestlgUotr today developed twa other theories a to the origin of the bias. , : On theory i that Japanese might hav caused the fire, in a revengeful SDiriV. because of their tatred ot Chinese members of the" crews' ot the Bid1 Funnel- libels, which dock at Pier 14. ,' Another la that war feeling of Ger man sympathizers bad been wrought up over the tact that the dock, con tained about $260,000 -worth of ex port destined: to Russian porta, and that tb Bide Funnel line was report Jed to have been carryln'g pi a heavy traffic- with the allies under charter, really, by the. Russian government , Damage resulting from the . fire, which was the thirl incendiary at tempt on tbe dock this week. Is es timated at between 1750,000 and $1,000,000. The pier itself, the en tire second floor and mtach of the first floor of which Is In ruins, is said to be damaged to the extent of about 1100.000, according to Wm. T. Day. warehouse foreman. The " Blue Funnel liner Lyon has Just finished discharging a f 4,000, 000 cargo, a great part of which was Bilk, which was loaded direct on board cars and shipped east by fast freight! The rest of the cargo, how ever, remained in the dock. Prob ably 100,000 worth of pig tin, stored In the eW end of the dock, it waa thought could , be saved with . little loss, and $400,000 worth of rubber may be only a partial losa. Other freight destroyed included 17,000 bags of rice, 2,000 bags ot corn and a large quantity of bamboo and rat tan in bales and manufactured furni ture, as well as 2,000 tons of miscel laneous goods. ; . ' Two previous attempts to fire the pier on Tuesday failed. Last night's (Continued os? page 3) MEXICANS-ATTACK (By United Press Leaked' Wire.) Brownsville, Texas,' Oct' t.--A small detachment of - the . Twenty eighth infantry .which arrived last week was , twice attacked between midnight and daylight today. One American soldier was wounded in this baptism of fire, but the Mexicans, though caught between two fires in their second attack, suffered no casu alties. The American was wounded during the first attack at the Capote ranch north of Hidalgo. Signal rockets were sent up to attract aid and after 20 minutes firing the Mexicans fled across the Rio orande. Meantime a troop of cavalry arrived from Hidal go. The Mexicans, after two hours, canio back to the American side and resumed their attack. The cavalry, however, drove around their flank and attacked from the rear, white more reinforcements came up to as sist In dispersing the raiders. Asa result of these two raids a new' man-hunt is under way, with soldiers and posses engaging. V 1' y v 1 v'-i..,".