Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, November 26, 1915, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text: iiii Mm Y EDITION f . VOI VI., No. BO. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGO.Y, .FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1MB. - . . .- -. " ? : t i . r; WHOLE NUMBER 1603. : r3xi . No Town in the World the Size, of Grants Pass Has a Paper With' Full Leased Wi re TeljjraphServic. l ? fH " i. 5 ? " - I I 1 ft, Lj ". , .'. ... . . "r 11 - - -i in- I ... ...... ..- , i I i' O. - - 1 . ..... .... .. .- tn li i ..; - , ... 1 1 - TT i ! ' I . 1 .. ' ' OUT OF THE TRENCHES Ford SaysOScials o( Bellig- erect , Nations Safe They BY MAS t w- i a v -. . j'tanglenienta to the rear la likely, but ,. Are Keady tor reace ana now far back i not known, no II P i -Dllt" a IC " J breakdown of the German 'offensive , He EXpeCtS llan tOpaCCeea ! attributed to an Increase of Rua . , ' ,. slan muniUons,' to' German shortage t and to the weakening of the German WaahlnKtou,' Nov. r 2fl.Slgned,,int f0P winf0rclng the Balkan cam statement from ofllclala high up In palgn. '; , i v - , the governmenle of both the allloa Preaa reporU todV -Id that v. .ltd the central, powers, docla ng ' cu,Uon of M1Utt under wiy Md that they are ready for peace, are ln'that grtit MnM of trencboa. bidden bli banda, Henry Ford announced to- k- mUei of trbed wire, are build 4ay tipon arriving here for a confer-'m, Jn the mr, -bIU furlher bacit nee with Prwident Wilaon. 1 railway line are being tbrown t 'Tolka who aay my plan la foollih Up to connect with tha center of fcave the greateat anrprtae of their Germany. Uvea coming. There re both ma-l ' 4erial and other evidence that we will auocetd," he aald, apropoa of hli plan to ftart a peace ablp to Europe to attend a peace conference. "Out of the trencboa by Christ mas" ha become our slogan. "I can ay most aeriously that It. la not an -empty boast," be continued. .'.' , Ford announced that he Is prepared j to spend one, two, three or as many millions as aro needed to conduct an ntUpreparednes program In Amer ica, and that he will open an office In Washington for that purpose. He .plans to tclcgrspb every university, fal beaded by German Lieutenant In the 1'nlted Steles to ask them to Robert Fay, at New York, C. 0 Crow same the faculty member or atudont toy, investigator for District Attor who has done tho greatest peare 'noy Flcket and formerly head of the work within the university so that Southern Pacific secret service, was this person may (be added to the arrested here today by federal offl peaoe ship complement. v clal. They claim he travelled about Apropoa of the preparedness sub- the country arranging the placing of Ject, Ford continued: j bombs on ships and In munitions fao- ," "America is pressing to build up torlcs. auch a aystcm as the other nations j in addition to the claims that he vow they are trying to destroy by was arranging these matters, Crow tbla war." j ley Is charged with fomenting strife Ho planned to visit Supreme Jus- jn plants where munltlous are made, tlce Hughes late this ftornoon and He was enabled to perform his al Csrdlnal Gibbons at Baltimore this leged work more readily, It Is said, venlng. He return to New York bocause of hie role of detective, tomorrow to take personal charge of He was arrested two days ago, but peace endeavors. the fact was kept secret while the , New York, Nov. 26. Henry" Ford government authorities obtained fur wlll go to Daltlmore tomorrow to ther information, confer.wlth Cardinal Gibbons and to Startling disclosures of activities Invite him to embark on Ford's in Ban Francisco are expected soon, ''peace ship'," bound for Europe in Investigators are said to have ' lo an effort to end the war. If the formation of plots to wreck ships cardinal can not do so, Ford will ask leaving here with munitions or sup hlm for approval of the Ford peace piles. conference,' ao ' that" .Cathollos .from Ofllclala intend' to grill Crowley neutral nations' can support the thoroughly In the hope of learning movement heartily. ' " 4' - ,!'who are the "higher ups" in the Ford today went to Washington to Fay plot. It Is thought here that accompany Madame Schwlmmer, for- wealthy Germans may have had a etsn peace advocate, to see President hand In the alleged conspiracy and , (Continued on page S) , '.officials also want to know If. Naval i . i . . BAflll'OF VILLISTAS:: Washington. 1 Nov. 28. Thirty "Vllllstasr cursing United States Vlce-,tlon Consul Slmploh and Customs CoUec-( tor Hardy, brandishing pistols and making a feint at attack, invaded the United 'State at Nogalea under lead of Colonel Terrasai, General Funston reported-to the war department Id day. , . , . "Why they were not shot, I do not know,", said Funston, 'Junloes It was because of the suddenness of the at tack and the fact no responsible of ficer was on the spot." Later, said Funston, theyilllsta governor,' Randall, ajlologleo1.11 , Five hundred VIlllsUs also' fired on the American troops at Nogales, but without cftsualtlos, The known Mexican casualties were five. ! Large reinforcements have been ' ptent to Nogales. GERLlAii: GIVE IIP III WltlTER Loudon, Nov. 26. Convinced that the general German retirement from the Dwlna line marks abandonment of Teutonic hope of capturing Riga before spring, military expert! are interested today concerning' the choice the German will make for their winter line. ' Thai they have al ready prepared trenche ' and en tanglement to the rear la likely, but FORMER HEAD OF , S.P. SECRET SERVICE V t IS (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Franclsoo, Nov. !6. Charged with implication Jn antl-alllea bomb Aiiacne uoy-ua oi me uermaa em bassy had any connection with Crow ley's alleged actlvltloa. The case is under the direct Obser vation of the' Washington govern ment,1 which ' recently dispatched special Investigator to' unearth nil possible evidence.'' Crowley has been peclally watched In ' what officials say are a number of mystifying trip's. . Authorities suspect that Crowley may have lied a hand in tho destruo- of a barge ldaded with munitions at Seattle recently, while they think he waa directly concerned,' too, in explosion aboard ship leaving New York and In eastern munitions plants. OIUCGON AGtJlISS MKKT V , SYKACUSR TKAM WEDNESDAY . (By United Press Leased Wire,) , . Corvallis, Nov. 26. Tho 0. A. C. began vigorous training today for the game with the Syracuse univer sity team at Portland December 1. The Aggies are very hopeful of win nlng, as the University of Montana beld Syracuse to a six to six tie yes terdny,' Sevoral members of the team are still suffering from Injuries and their places will have to be taken by substitutes. UNDER ARREST COAST SOLDIERS The CfcHeai Sti? Carel Hap Bsltered to Piejtes oa lie Recti of Vanccuver Island ThaiiKsgivcg Day Victorla,T B. C, Nov; 2 i. Twenty- five men went to their death in the raging, aea and were hurled on the rocks of Schooner Cove,' on the west coast of Vancouver Island . when the Carel Mapu, Chilean full-rigged four masted, ship, was battered to splin ters In the storm which' swept the northern Pacific coast veaterdar if. ternoon.' She went on the rock at 2 p. m., and within three hour bad been pounded' into Junk by moun tainous breakers, which swept her from stem to stern. The crew never Cad a chance. It was impossible to launch the boat, ao they clung to the rigging and waicnea aeatn racing toward them. The C. P. R. steamer Princess Ma- qulna, Captain Glllam, attempted to rescue the doomed men. but the vin. fence of the storm made It impossible for tne liner to venture near enourt to be of any assistance. She dropped anchor, but with 60 fathoms of chain out, th, heavy breaker snapped It and smashed the windlass.. After a battle with qe seas for two hours, the Princess Maqulna gave up and stood by as the waves finished the big iron wind Jammer. The Carel Mapn was cantalned b- Captaln Desolme. She waa formerly the British ship Kinross. Built at Liverpool in 1877, ahe waa one of a fast disappearing type of windjam mer. Her capacity wa 1,262 ton net. Her owner I Oelcker Her manoa, and her place of registry Val paraiso. " , ; Schooner Cove and the adjoining coast of Vancouver Island Is known as "the graveyard of the Pacific" be cause of the numerous shipwrecks which have occurred there. A Canadian HfoAAvlnv rrw at. tlonod at; Uclu'eTet, near the scene ot the wreck, and a llfesaving power boat hurried to the Map'u'a rescue yesterday. But It was unable to get much closer than did the Princess Maqulna. fiTiniiiTinir uno v au ni r T JlftllinilUit II Uv) Ill DEFEAT OF TIE SERII PEOPLE ( ; By Wm. O. Shepherd. ' VMonastlr, Nov. 28 (Delayed). Serbia Is starving. Even her animals', fleeing before the Invaders, are dy ing of hunger along the roadsides and up the steep mountain paths. i To.' large1 area (there has been no food for days. Great pack ot dog are ' prowling,' like wild animals, in search of food.. The world has de veloped no scenes of greater horror. The Nish-Monastlr road is a high way of agony, more dreadful than the corpse-strewn tratla ot the old Klondike. ' It Is llried with. dead horses, interspersed with human bodies dead from exhaustion and atarvatlon.'. . i v. Refugees are streaming in here, semi-delirious from privations or hys terically Joyful at reaohlng safoty. After a twenty-day trip from Nlsh, Madame Slavko Grolych said to me today: "Even the horses we rode were starving. Some of them fell exhaust ed "and died before our eyes. We wre members ot a government party, but most we could get to eat daily waa a scanty half loaf ot bread. Other women and children, a well a men, faitry Retcrii ibei firi liimmitiumti Nogales, Nov. 26. Drunken Vll- Hsta soldier, returning "after "eva cuating Nogales, started firing across the 'border Into Ametlcan territory at U:20 o'clock this morning. The 12th U. 8. Infantry returned the fire. One VHllsta waa kUled and three were wounded by the fire of the United 8tatee troop. Company L of the 12th U. S. in fantry occupied a position on the ex treme tight of the town, to prevent scattering Vllllsta from renewing the attack. A strict watch will Ibe kept on the border tonight' and any further violence will be met in kind, Colonel Sage said late today. Colonel Sage bhnself ordered the American soldiers to fire on the VIl llsUs. He was In command durinir the entire scrimmage. Desultory fir ing serosa the line continues. Colonel Cardenas, commanding the Carranclstas, swooped down on No gales' this afternoon and took pos session,, driving the scattered. Villls tas to the south. He held a confer ence with Colonel Sage and assured j him that order would be Immediate ly restored.. He at once set about policing the city. General Bell Is due here tonight He will take command ; of the American troopa here. j The 7th and 20th U. S. Infantry will arrive later In the day. HLUl'S FOLLOWERS ARE - niTTER AT AMERICANS Nogales; Arls., Nov.' 26. Feellns against Americana among the follow ers ot General Villa was growing to day and the United States army of ' fleers In -command were taking every precaution to prevent an open out break. Carlo Randell, acting Villa governor of Sonora, epent the night at a hotel here. . He declined a prof fered guard of United States troops. ' it was reported hat General Costa, j Villa's coramander,ualso, would, take 'refuge onthlssldeof jthe border. dragged along each day, foot by toot, with little or nothing to eat' Women had fallen ill from lack of nourish ment and lay beside the road to die surrendering . their children to . the care of strangers, K',- ", i. "Only a narrow horse trail through Albania now leads to Serbia since the Bulgars cut, .the .railroad. . line. The sanro. rod tupplies Montenegro and Albania, which are facing star vation, too. ., , st : , , . , "But .the happenings in , Serbia make the .blackest page in history," M. Mlchotte de Welle, Belgian minister to Serbia, a member ot Mme. Grolych'. party, corroborated her story.. . , . , .. . .t,' . "Before I left," she said, "1 otte ed the servants money. They cried: 'We can't eat gold. For God's sake, have you no bread I' One night we heard the wild screams of a man along a mountain road. . We learned afterward that he had been murdwed tor a little chunk ot bread. Serbia is looking to America for relief." u . Upon arrival here, Ime. Orolybh wired the Rockefeller foundation for food. Food t very scarce at Mona tlr. Even the hospital lack fuel TEUTOf.; II,. iiEsii?S: TO SEE 1 PC . Rome, Nov. 26. Lord Kitchener arrived here, today after his Grecian and. Galllpolt . visits'. . Following a conference with Premier Salandra ana aiso.tne .war minister, ne will probably meet the king and! General Cadorna at the Austrian-Italian front. j In , view of the allies' anxiety to secure . Italian, aid in the Balkans, greaVj importance lis attached to Kltchener'a presence 1 here. It had not ewn been known that he Intend ed to visit Italy, Phoenix, ArU. Nor. 2 6. Warden Sims, of Florence, penitentiary, at noon today refused to carry out the order for the execution, of William Faltinl slaver of f)axl PofwrKpn' ' i-fa told the pardons board that the man waa Insane. This leaves the case wide open and Fallln'1. status in doubt Some attorneys believe that Fallla can not again Te placed in Jeopardy.' "." The battle against' capital nunlah- ment will be renewed December 10, When Ramon Lobelloe is sentenced to hang for the murder of Deputy Sher iff Phil Brown. . , i (By United Press Leased Wire.) Loa .' Angeles, Nov.: 26. Frank Ethof, alleged dynamiter and form er detective for John and James Mc- N'amara, on the witness stand In the M. A. Schmidt murder trial, today de scribed how he and J..B. McNaniara, afber planting an infernal machine on a bridge over the Ohio river at Cin cinnati, stood watching' five' miles away at midnight for the blast The explosion - .wrecked a non-union bridge, it is alleged.. . . , , i.. Ethof testified that he was Dald a big sum..by..the 'McNamara brotlwrs tor. hia assistance In blowing up non- unlpn. brldges.-j He described Dlot- tlngwlth the.McNamaras to place a nitro-glycerine bomb on a train.- at Beaver, Pa., set to explode the Instant the train was. crossing a non-union bridge over the .Ohio rlver. me witness stated tbat t&Ia train crossed the bridge dally and carried hundreds ot passengers, He. .. aald mat it iae joQ naa oeen carried put the train ;as' well aa'; the : brldKe would 'havo (been destroyed and many Namara susnected Miss Kate Dye. his tonographer,' of glvlng'out office sec rete -and. had oer, ahadowed. ... , . ! , , ; Ethof declared he went with the McNamara brother . to, . the, hotel nuvi ouw ui who siopping. j, Ijlc,Na,roara .broke Into . the young woman'a room and forcibly took her from the room. -. ' . . ,'. "' ' , .Wben the defense took up the cross examination Ethof was very nervous. 'ki "'....III BIQ INTEREST RATE ON !V RU8SO-A8IATIC B.XK LOAN Toklo, Nor. 26 The RuBso-Aslatlc bank today advertised a" big loan, with terms equivalent to 14 per cent, redeemable at the tttd of "ten yeara. and the fall of, the 'city' Is expected any hour. In. such, an event thous ands of fugitives en route here will be caught on the Nlsh trail without food. Only a miracle can save them. 7AH0EJf REFUSES - lUfCiMWl it mm wm FORMER ASSOCIATE , of mm tells OF DYHAMIT1NGS DEAD 10 HE 1 It 'MM fcis ,fiii'.. EITHT Arkansas Swept hj a'.Scrn qtj Less fa Patb Fear Hot Spring, Arkr, Nor." 26. Thir teen persons are known to hare been killed and 40 injured etx probably fatally as- the result' of a tornado wblch ripped through the territory Immediately east. of here late yegter- day,..acoerd.lng.Jlo. adytoea, received terror tft mile wla andt f9ur mile long through the district nearby, but skipped" Hot Sprlngi proper without damage. " - The property damage is estimated at $300,000... : f.T(he ,funneI-ehaped, storm , moved ominously through fertile farming district and fears were entertained for a time that the toll would toe even vaster than already la known. ' Doe tors from here have gone to the aid ot sufferers., ' The rescue parties from here work ed all night in a terrifio rainfall. In jured persons were brought here this forenoon for. treatment and tempor ary .shelter ..was arranged for the homeless., . M .-,, ; -. .. .The Crpwder and Tenner 'families were either killed or wounded when their homes collapsed. Grave appre hension is felt for several towns, as wire communication with them Is cut off.. Auto, parties set out this fore noon however .to make, their way over debris-strewn roads to learn the " fate of these places. II ut-u : VVILLv DODGE" BOKO IE (By United Press, Leased Wire.) , . Washington, Nov, 26. The ad ministration will dodge a bond issue if possible, la getting funds' for its increased military program and for its. other, millions of needed dollar. In,ls8ulng to the public,.a "sugges tion'', that. Increased Internal revenue taxation provide additional moneys, Secretary fcfcAdoo denied a "taxation program," but politicians Bald today be plainly., meant,". that .congress shpuld take "the Up;; and act accord- ,ni.lSl?. ?.te4 hat, fowering the exemption on Income taxes fqr single 'persons from' $3,000 to $2,000; for married persons $4,500 to $3,000 would be. one excellent means of getUng more. money;.. At, the same tliwe, t he ,would . have cometaxas above a certain point increased. Re tention of the emergency "war tax' and the sugar duty, along with taxa tion of gasoline and other, semi luxury commodities is favored, Mc Adx estimated that the country will need $112,806,394 additional rev enue In 1817, Including' the $93, 800,000 required by the prepared ness program. , MISS DE GRAFF INVITED TO . JOIN FORD PEACE PARTI (By United PreB Leased Wire.),, Portland, Noy. 26. An, Invitation from Honry Ford to' become a mem ber of the peace party which ' will sail for Europe early in December on a steamer chartered Iby him, was being considered , jtoday byMls Grace De Graff.' MIssDe Graff was a delegate to The Hague women' conference last summer. ' ISS